Orionid meteor shower 2019

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 21, 2019

Orionid meteor shower 2019 Orionid meteor shower 2019 will be visible from October 2 to November 7 but the shower is expected to peak on the night of October 20 into the early morning of October 22. The Orionids are caused by the dust and debris of Halley’s Comet.

Lyrid Meteor Shower 2019

Posted by OCastronomy
On April 21, 2019

Lyrid Meteor Shower 2019 Lyrid Meteor Shower 2019 is active between April 16 and April 25 yearly and it tends to peak around April 22 or April 23. The Lyrids were created by the debris from a comet named Thatcher, this comet takes about 415 years to orbit around our Sun. The best time to

Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2019

Posted by OCastronomy
On January 3, 2019

Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2019 Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2019 is active during the end of December into the second week of January, and usually peaks around January 3-4. What makes the Quadrantids Meteor shower different than others is the peak period of the Quadrantids only lasts a few hours whereas most other showers peak will last […]

2018 Geminids meteor shower

Posted by OCastronomy
On December 10, 2018

2018 Geminids meteor shower 2018 Geminids meteor shower will peak between December 13 and 14 with conditions being fair with a moderate amount of LP (light pollution) due to the first quarter Moon. The Geminids can be observed annually between December 4 and December 17, with peak activity should be around December 14. Most meteor showers are associated […]

Leonid meteor shower 2018

Posted by OCastronomy
On November 12, 2018

Leonid meteor shower 2018 Leonid meteor shower 2018 happens annually and is active in the month of November. The peak of this celestial event is usually during the night of November 17 and the early morning of November 18. The Leonids occur when the Earth passes through the debris left by the comet Tempel-Tuttle. […]

Orionid meteor shower 2018

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 18, 2018

Orionid meteor shower 2018 Orionid meteor shower 2018 will be visible from October 2 to November 7 but the shower is expected to peak on the night of October 20 into the early morning of October 21. The Orionids are caused by the dust and debris of Halley’s Comet. Halley takes around 76 years to make a […]

Perseid Meteor Shower in 2018

Posted by OCastronomy
On August 9, 2018

Perseid meteor shower in 2018 will peak between August 12th and 13th. The Perseids are named after the constellation Perseus and are made of space debris from comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids can be found in the north-eastern part of the sky. It is usually the most sought after meteor shower to watch because, at its […]

Summer Sky 2018

Posted by OCastronomy
On July 1, 2018

Summer Sky 2018 Illustration Credit & Copyright: Universe2go.comWhat can you see in the night sky this summer? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for Earth’s northern hemisphere. Viewed as a clock face centered at the bottom, early (northern) summer sky events fan out toward the left, while late summer events are projected toward the right. Objects relatively close to Earth are […]

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower in 2018

Posted by OCastronomy
On May 2, 2018

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower in 2018 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower is active between April 19 and May 28th every year and but will peak this year between Sat, May 5–Sun, May 6. This will be the best time to see the shower, which will be visible from most of the world, just before dawn. The […]

Super Blue Moon Total Lunar Eclipse

Posted by OCastronomy
On January 13, 2018

Super Blue Moon Total Lunar Eclipse Super Blue Moon Total Lunar Eclipse will be the first of two Blue Moons in 2018 and the second of two full moons in the January 2018 calendar month. So it’s not just a Total Lunar Eclipse, or just a Blue Moon, or a Supermoon. It is in fact all three […]

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