Sunday, June 7, 2009

Arietid Meteor Shower this Weekend

Courtesy of spaceweather.com:

The annual Arietid meteor shower peaks on Sunday, June 7th. The Arietids are unusual because they
are daytime meteors; they stream out of a point in the sky not far from the sun. The best time to look is just before dawn on Sunday morning when it may be possible to spot a small number of Arietids skimming the top of Earth's atmosphere. Such "Earthgrazing" meteors tend to be long, colorful, and very pretty. After daybreak, when the meteors are no longer visible to the human eye, you can listen to radar echoes from the Arietids by tuning in to our online meteor radar: http://spaceweatherradio.com .

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