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Like pale night-blooming petals falling from a celestial tree, the annual Lyrids meteor shower will cascade over our heads from late evening on April 21 through early morning on Saturday, April 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Here’s how to see the meteors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The best time to watch for Lyrids meteors is after midnight on the morning of Saturday, April 22. At this time, the area of the sky the meteors appear to streak from, in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/lyra-constellation/\"> constellation Lyra\u003c/a>, is rising in the east, and by 2 a.m. will be positioned high in the southeast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1131px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982236 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am.jpg\" alt=\"Black night dotted by white starts and a directional axis across the bottom, showing NE in the lower left, E and SE to the right. \" width=\"1131\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am.jpg 1131w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am-800x541.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The southeastern sky on the morning of April 22 at about 2 a.m. Look for the bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra to gaze at the radiant point of the Lyrids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space and Science Center/Made using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Find a place with a good view of the southeastern sky, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">as far from city lights\u003c/a> as possible, and center your sight on the star Vega, the brightest in Lyra and one of the brightest stars of the night sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, watch and wait — and pay attention to your peripheral vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the meteors’ point of origin is in Lyra, the meteors can appear anywhere in the sky. In fact, the meteor trails will be longer and more visible the farther they are from their “\u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/radiant-point-of-meteor-showers/\">radiant point\u003c/a>” in Lyra since you’re looking at them from the side instead of head-on. \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/lyrids/in-depth/\">The Lyrids shower\u003c/a> produces up to 18 meteors per hour around its peak of activity, under good seeing conditions and dark, clear skies. The moon won’t be in the sky, only three days past its new phase, so moonlight will not interfere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live under city skies \u003ca href=\"https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution/\">inundated by scattered light\u003c/a>, you may miss out on the fainter meteors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, the Bay Area has numerous places within a 20- to 30-minute drive that are partly sheltered from light pollution, if you’re willing to make the late-night trip. In the South Bay, Henry W. Coe State Park is a favorite dark-sky watching location. On the peninsula, there are numerous spots from the Santa Cruz Mountains northward along Skyline Boulevard for a pullover with partial protection from city light. In the East Bay, go for the Sunol area, Mount Diablo or a ridgeline pullout along the East Bay hills from Tilden Park southward into Hayward. In the North Bay, you can find miles of darkened rural skies from the coast eastward.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a meteor shower?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">meteor\u003c/a> is a small piece of rock or metal, usually not much bigger than a pebble, that can be seen as it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. Hitting the thin air 30 to 50 miles above Earth’s surface at speeds of tens of miles per second, each dust speck vaporizes to incandescence in a flash, leaving a glowing trail across the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 632px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982240 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/lyrid_shower.jpg\" alt=\"Bright white lights with long tails against a dark blue image. \" width=\"632\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/lyrid_shower.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/lyrid_shower-160x122.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long-exposure image of the sky during the 2012 Lyrids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(NASA/MSFC/Danielle Moser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/meteor-shower/en/\">meteor \u003ci>shower\u003c/i>\u003c/a> happens when Earth passes through a trail of dust left behind in the wake of a comet. Comets are large chunks of rock, ice and other frozen materials, as well as a smattering of dust. A typical comet is several miles in diameter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&condition_1=102%3Aparent_id&condition_2=comet%3Abody_type%3Ailike\">comet\u003c/a> passes close to the sun, it is warmed and some of its ice sublimates into gas, blowing into space and carrying dust with it. Over time, the dust spreads out into a trail along the parent comet’s orbital path.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where do the Lyrids come from?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every year, as Earth orbits the sun, it passes through the dust trail of one comet or another, and we see a meteor shower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comet that left behind the dust for the Lyrids shower is called \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/c-1861-g1-thatcher/in-depth/\">C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982241 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/comettail.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white image that shows a hazy gas tail and a more diffuse dust tail. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1104\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/comettail.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/comettail-160x221.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/comettail-768x1060.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of a comet showing its icy nucleus, its ion and dust tails, and the trail of dust it leaves behind in its orbital path. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No one alive today has seen Thatcher, which was discovered in 1861 by astronomer A.E. Thatcher when it last passed close to the sun. And no one alive now will ever see it. Thatcher takes over 415 years to orbit the sun, and won’t come close enough for us to witness until the year 2283!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, as you lie on your blanket under the early morning sky, waiting for the next meteor flare to delight, think about how each one you see was left behind by a comet over 160 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gone in a flash, but living on in our wonder.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The annual Lyrids meteor shower will cascade over our heads from late evening on April 21 through early morning on Saturday, April 22. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846052,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":796},"headData":{"title":"The Lyrids Meteor Shower Adds Its Own Fiery Blossoms to April Skies | KQED","description":"The annual Lyrids meteor shower will cascade over our heads from late evening on April 21 through early morning on Saturday, April 22. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Lyrids Meteor Shower Adds Its Own Fiery Blossoms to April Skies","datePublished":"2023-04-14T13:00:34.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:20:52.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Astronomy","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1982233/the-lyrids-meteor-shower-adds-its-own-fiery-blossoms-to-april-skies","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A month into spring, something more than flowers are popping up — or down — meteors! Like pale night-blooming petals falling from a celestial tree, the annual Lyrids meteor shower will cascade over our heads from late evening on April 21 through early morning on Saturday, April 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Here’s how to see the meteors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The best time to watch for Lyrids meteors is after midnight on the morning of Saturday, April 22. At this time, the area of the sky the meteors appear to streak from, in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/lyra-constellation/\"> constellation Lyra\u003c/a>, is rising in the east, and by 2 a.m. will be positioned high in the southeast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1131px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982236 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am.jpg\" alt=\"Black night dotted by white starts and a directional axis across the bottom, showing NE in the lower left, E and SE to the right. \" width=\"1131\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am.jpg 1131w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am-800x541.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/Lyrids-Stellarium-April22-2am-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The southeastern sky on the morning of April 22 at about 2 a.m. Look for the bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra to gaze at the radiant point of the Lyrids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space and Science Center/Made using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Find a place with a good view of the southeastern sky, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">as far from city lights\u003c/a> as possible, and center your sight on the star Vega, the brightest in Lyra and one of the brightest stars of the night sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, watch and wait — and pay attention to your peripheral vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the meteors’ point of origin is in Lyra, the meteors can appear anywhere in the sky. In fact, the meteor trails will be longer and more visible the farther they are from their “\u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/radiant-point-of-meteor-showers/\">radiant point\u003c/a>” in Lyra since you’re looking at them from the side instead of head-on. \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/lyrids/in-depth/\">The Lyrids shower\u003c/a> produces up to 18 meteors per hour around its peak of activity, under good seeing conditions and dark, clear skies. The moon won’t be in the sky, only three days past its new phase, so moonlight will not interfere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live under city skies \u003ca href=\"https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution/\">inundated by scattered light\u003c/a>, you may miss out on the fainter meteors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, the Bay Area has numerous places within a 20- to 30-minute drive that are partly sheltered from light pollution, if you’re willing to make the late-night trip. In the South Bay, Henry W. Coe State Park is a favorite dark-sky watching location. On the peninsula, there are numerous spots from the Santa Cruz Mountains northward along Skyline Boulevard for a pullover with partial protection from city light. In the East Bay, go for the Sunol area, Mount Diablo or a ridgeline pullout along the East Bay hills from Tilden Park southward into Hayward. In the North Bay, you can find miles of darkened rural skies from the coast eastward.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a meteor shower?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">meteor\u003c/a> is a small piece of rock or metal, usually not much bigger than a pebble, that can be seen as it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. Hitting the thin air 30 to 50 miles above Earth’s surface at speeds of tens of miles per second, each dust speck vaporizes to incandescence in a flash, leaving a glowing trail across the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 632px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982240 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/lyrid_shower.jpg\" alt=\"Bright white lights with long tails against a dark blue image. \" width=\"632\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/lyrid_shower.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/lyrid_shower-160x122.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long-exposure image of the sky during the 2012 Lyrids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(NASA/MSFC/Danielle Moser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/meteor-shower/en/\">meteor \u003ci>shower\u003c/i>\u003c/a> happens when Earth passes through a trail of dust left behind in the wake of a comet. Comets are large chunks of rock, ice and other frozen materials, as well as a smattering of dust. A typical comet is several miles in diameter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&condition_1=102%3Aparent_id&condition_2=comet%3Abody_type%3Ailike\">comet\u003c/a> passes close to the sun, it is warmed and some of its ice sublimates into gas, blowing into space and carrying dust with it. Over time, the dust spreads out into a trail along the parent comet’s orbital path.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where do the Lyrids come from?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every year, as Earth orbits the sun, it passes through the dust trail of one comet or another, and we see a meteor shower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comet that left behind the dust for the Lyrids shower is called \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/c-1861-g1-thatcher/in-depth/\">C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982241 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/comettail.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white image that shows a hazy gas tail and a more diffuse dust tail. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1104\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/comettail.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/comettail-160x221.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/comettail-768x1060.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of a comet showing its icy nucleus, its ion and dust tails, and the trail of dust it leaves behind in its orbital path. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No one alive today has seen Thatcher, which was discovered in 1861 by astronomer A.E. Thatcher when it last passed close to the sun. And no one alive now will ever see it. Thatcher takes over 415 years to orbit the sun, and won’t come close enough for us to witness until the year 2283!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, as you lie on your blanket under the early morning sky, waiting for the next meteor flare to delight, think about how each one you see was left behind by a comet over 160 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gone in a flash, but living on in our wonder.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1982233/the-lyrids-meteor-shower-adds-its-own-fiery-blossoms-to-april-skies","authors":["6180"],"categories":["science_28","science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_145","science_541","science_2648"],"featImg":"science_1982235","label":"source_science_1982233"},"science_1981675":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1981675","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1981675","score":null,"sort":[1677196069000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"check-out-these-photos-if-you-missed-the-bright-green-comet-that-made-a-trip-across-the-sky","title":"That Bright Green Comet Looked Exactly as Cool as You'd Think","publishDate":1677196069,"format":"standard","headTitle":"That Bright Green Comet Looked Exactly as Cool as You’d Think | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>If you missed the recent passage of the green-hued \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/comet-2022-e3-ztf\">comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)\u003c/a>, or only saw a blurry smudge through binoculars, take heart!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comets visible to the human eye attract a lot of attention from stargazers, and some of them are equipped with cameras, telescopes and a desire to share the experience. We’ve collected some of those here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Discovered in March 2022 by astronomers using the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ztf.caltech.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Zwicky Transient Facility\u003c/a> at the Palomar Observatory, the comet made its closest approach to the sun on Jan. 12, 2023. Almost three weeks later, on Feb. 1, it cruised within 26 million miles of Earth, moving across the northern sky as it began its voyage back toward deep space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 991px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1981618 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator.jpg\" alt=\"The bright orb of the sun in the middle of black space, with a lighter, vertical swath of the Milky Way to the left, overlaid with graphical concentric circles representing the orbits of the planets, with a vertical graphical line going through them to indicate the path of the comet.\" width=\"991\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator.jpg 991w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator-800x529.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The orbit of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as it passed perihelion on Jan. 12 and its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(3D Solar System Simulator/TheSkyLive.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In that brief flash of days, eyes turned skyward, cameras snapped image after image, and telescopes bent a collective stare at the fleeting visitor. And though the comet remained elusive to the naked eye except under dark, moonless conditions, the photographs are stunning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The color of ZTF — called the “green comet” by some — is not that unusual. Green can be seen in the gaseous haloes of many comets. The color is believed to come from a \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/why-do-some-comets-glow-green\">photochemical reaction\u003c/a> between sunlight and certain molecules (like diatomic carbon) exuded by the comet when it gets close to the sun. Some comets even have a bluish hue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Comet apparitions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Naked-eye comets can be one of the most thrilling sky shows we can behold, right up there with eclipses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike eclipses, their appearances are unpredictable. Forecasting how visible a comet becomes and how long a tail it grows — if it grows a tail at all — is often guesswork until weeks, or even days, before it passes by. Every near-Earth encounter with a comet raises hopes that it will bloom into a brilliant nocturnal spectacle, like \u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-comet-hale-bopp/\">Hale-Bopp\u003c/a> in 1997 or the passage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/feature/955-years-ago-halley-s-comet-and-the-battle-of-hastings\">Halley’s Comet\u003c/a> in 1910.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on Jan. 30, 2023. Picture taken from Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Robert Sparks)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But, more like \u003ca href=\"https://astronomy.com/news/2013/11/comet-ison-fizzles-as-it-rounds-the-sun\">comet ISON in 2013\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://skynews.ca/kohoutek-fiasco/\">Kohoutek in 1973\u003c/a>, both of which were predicted to be “comets of the century,” ZTF did not rise to the level of captivating naked-eye drama. It became much more famous for its alien green coloration and wispy multiple tails revealed in astrophotos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the naked-eye fizzle, the comet’s eerie hue and mysterious point of origin made it grow large in the eye of the public’s imagination.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When will it come back?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Going, going … gone? Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will not return for a very long time, if ever. Since its discovery, \u003ca href=\"https://theskylive.com/3dsolarsystem?obj=c2022e3\"> astronomers have tracked its orbit\u003c/a> to figure out where it came from, whether it originated in the Oort Cloud, the vast and diffuse cloud of comets, ice and dust surrounding the solar system, or somewhere farther out. Does it orbit our sun in a periodic cycle like most known comets, or did it wander in from interstellar space and is it now headed back there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even now the answer isn’t clear. If it \u003ci>is\u003c/i> gravitationally bound to our solar system, then it follows a long, looping elliptical orbit that would carry it repeatedly past the sun — though the far end of that orbit is projected to stretch at least 4.3 light years into space, equivalent to the distance to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. At such great distance, who knows what the comet will do within the error margins of the orbital math. Will it come to a crawling halt and begin the slow fall back toward the sun, or break free of our solar system’s feeble gravity and drift away into the galaxy at large?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981617\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-1020x724.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-768x545.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-1920x1363.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) seen near the planet Mars. The image was taken on Feb. 10 near Rush Valley, southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. \u003ccite>(Martin Ratcliffe/StarryNightSkyArt)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if it does swing back toward us, it won’t pass through our neighborhood again for millions of years. So, if you managed a glimpse of this ancient space traveler, count that as a blessing, a rare peek at something humans had never seen before, and probably never will again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Anatomy of a comet\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As enormous as a comet may appear, most of the visual spectacle is actually a cosmic form of “smoke and mirrors” deception — or, in the comet’s case, \u003ca href=\"https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/exploring-the-planets/online/solar-system/comets/anatomy.cfm#:~:text=The%20coma%20is%20a%20cloud,about%202%20million%20miles)%20across\">ionized gas and reflected sunlight\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of every comet is a nucleus of frozen materials: water, ammonia, methane and other compounds. This nucleus is typically no larger than half a mile to 6 miles across — so small that we’d never see it unless it whizzed very close to Earth. ZTF is on the lower end of that range, estimated to be a bit more than half a mile across.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981678\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 683px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981678\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_.jpg 683w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_-160x113.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of a typical comet and the relationship of its iconic tails. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When a \u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en/\">comet swings by the sun\u003c/a>, it is heated by sunlight, and some of its frozen material sublimates, spewing out into a cloud of gas and dust that engulfs the nucleus. This cloud, called the coma, can grow to become hundreds of thousands of miles across — so big that it could easily engulf the entire Earth and moon system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gasses of the coma may be blown off into space by the solar wind, forming the comet’s iconic tail. The solar wind is a stream of ionized particles flowing outward from the sun, so the comet’s gas tail always points away from the sun, like a giant wind sock. The gas tail may grow to millions, or hundreds of millions, of miles long, depending on the size of the nucleus and how much gas it dumps into space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A comet often develops more than one tail. Dust embedded in the nucleus is carried into space by the spewing gasses and drifts along the comet’s path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 885px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1981621 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Backdrop of a stary night sky, a bright circle in the center surrounded by a white and green hue, along with several tails. \" width=\"885\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped.jpg 885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped-800x629.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped-768x604.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can clearly see the details of the coma (bright spot), ion tail (right), dust tail (curving veil) and antitail (left) in this picture taken Jan. 20, 2023, from Yosemite National Park. \u003ccite>(Tara Mostofi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In pictures of \u003ca href=\"https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/understanding-the-tails-of-comet-ztf-c-2022-e3/\">C/2022 E3 (ZTF)\u003c/a>, \u003ci>three \u003c/i>tails can be seen clearly: a long, thin gas-ion tail; a wide, curving dust tail; and a pale, spikey “antitail” pointing in the opposite direction from the other two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The antitail, a fairly uncommon feature of comets, is formed of dust particles larger than the finer-grained dust tail. The larger grains are less affected by the blowing force of the solar wind, and tend to be left behind in the wake of the comet’s passage, like dust kicked up by a car moving down a dirt road.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bad omens?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Being objects that can be sometimes seen with the naked eye, comets have been talked about by humans since prehistory. And because they occasionally come close to Earth and can grow to \u003ca href=\"https://allthatsinteresting.com/halleys-comet-1910\">startling proportions\u003c/a>, ancient cultures often interpreted them as portents of calamity, bad omens or heralds of impending disaster. And in a way they weren’t wrong, considering the catastrophe one would cause were it to actually collide with Earth. Fortunately, most comets only deliver a visual warning of that possibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the word “disaster,” used in the mid-16th century in connection with the passage of a comet, derives from the Italian “disastro,” meaning an “ill-starred” event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bad omens or good sightseeing opportunities, comets are rare celestial gems, sights to cherish when they come our way. C/2022 E3 (ZTF) won’t catch our eye again, but there are plenty more comets out there to anticipate.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Missed the green-hued comet that made a trip across the sky earlier this month ? Check out these photos.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846087,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1345},"headData":{"title":"That Bright Green Comet Looked Exactly as Cool as You'd Think | KQED","description":"Missed the green-hued comet that made a trip across the sky earlier this month ? Check out these photos.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"That Bright Green Comet Looked Exactly as Cool as You'd Think","datePublished":"2023-02-23T23:47:49.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:21:27.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Astronomy","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1981675/check-out-these-photos-if-you-missed-the-bright-green-comet-that-made-a-trip-across-the-sky","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you missed the recent passage of the green-hued \u003ca href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/comet-2022-e3-ztf\">comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)\u003c/a>, or only saw a blurry smudge through binoculars, take heart!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comets visible to the human eye attract a lot of attention from stargazers, and some of them are equipped with cameras, telescopes and a desire to share the experience. We’ve collected some of those here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Discovered in March 2022 by astronomers using the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ztf.caltech.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Zwicky Transient Facility\u003c/a> at the Palomar Observatory, the comet made its closest approach to the sun on Jan. 12, 2023. Almost three weeks later, on Feb. 1, it cruised within 26 million miles of Earth, moving across the northern sky as it began its voyage back toward deep space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 991px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1981618 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator.jpg\" alt=\"The bright orb of the sun in the middle of black space, with a lighter, vertical swath of the Milky Way to the left, overlaid with graphical concentric circles representing the orbits of the planets, with a vertical graphical line going through them to indicate the path of the comet.\" width=\"991\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator.jpg 991w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator-800x529.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/comet_orbit_solarsystemsimulator-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The orbit of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as it passed perihelion on Jan. 12 and its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(3D Solar System Simulator/TheSkyLive.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In that brief flash of days, eyes turned skyward, cameras snapped image after image, and telescopes bent a collective stare at the fleeting visitor. And though the comet remained elusive to the naked eye except under dark, moonless conditions, the photographs are stunning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The color of ZTF — called the “green comet” by some — is not that unusual. Green can be seen in the gaseous haloes of many comets. The color is believed to come from a \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/why-do-some-comets-glow-green\">photochemical reaction\u003c/a> between sunlight and certain molecules (like diatomic carbon) exuded by the comet when it gets close to the sun. Some comets even have a bluish hue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Comet apparitions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Naked-eye comets can be one of the most thrilling sky shows we can behold, right up there with eclipses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike eclipses, their appearances are unpredictable. Forecasting how visible a comet becomes and how long a tail it grows — if it grows a tail at all — is often guesswork until weeks, or even days, before it passes by. Every near-Earth encounter with a comet raises hopes that it will bloom into a brilliant nocturnal spectacle, like \u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-comet-hale-bopp/\">Hale-Bopp\u003c/a> in 1997 or the passage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/feature/955-years-ago-halley-s-comet-and-the-battle-of-hastings\">Halley’s Comet\u003c/a> in 1910.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/Robert_Sparks_Saguaro-National-Park-Arizona_013023-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on Jan. 30, 2023. Picture taken from Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Robert Sparks)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But, more like \u003ca href=\"https://astronomy.com/news/2013/11/comet-ison-fizzles-as-it-rounds-the-sun\">comet ISON in 2013\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://skynews.ca/kohoutek-fiasco/\">Kohoutek in 1973\u003c/a>, both of which were predicted to be “comets of the century,” ZTF did not rise to the level of captivating naked-eye drama. It became much more famous for its alien green coloration and wispy multiple tails revealed in astrophotos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the naked-eye fizzle, the comet’s eerie hue and mysterious point of origin made it grow large in the eye of the public’s imagination.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When will it come back?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Going, going … gone? Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will not return for a very long time, if ever. Since its discovery, \u003ca href=\"https://theskylive.com/3dsolarsystem?obj=c2022e3\"> astronomers have tracked its orbit\u003c/a> to figure out where it came from, whether it originated in the Oort Cloud, the vast and diffuse cloud of comets, ice and dust surrounding the solar system, or somewhere farther out. Does it orbit our sun in a periodic cycle like most known comets, or did it wander in from interstellar space and is it now headed back there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even now the answer isn’t clear. If it \u003ci>is\u003c/i> gravitationally bound to our solar system, then it follows a long, looping elliptical orbit that would carry it repeatedly past the sun — though the far end of that orbit is projected to stretch at least 4.3 light years into space, equivalent to the distance to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. At such great distance, who knows what the comet will do within the error margins of the orbital math. Will it come to a crawling halt and begin the slow fall back toward the sun, or break free of our solar system’s feeble gravity and drift away into the galaxy at large?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981617\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-1020x724.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-768x545.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/c2022e3ztf-martin_ratcliffe-feb102023-1920x1363.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) seen near the planet Mars. The image was taken on Feb. 10 near Rush Valley, southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. \u003ccite>(Martin Ratcliffe/StarryNightSkyArt)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if it does swing back toward us, it won’t pass through our neighborhood again for millions of years. So, if you managed a glimpse of this ancient space traveler, count that as a blessing, a rare peek at something humans had never seen before, and probably never will again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Anatomy of a comet\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As enormous as a comet may appear, most of the visual spectacle is actually a cosmic form of “smoke and mirrors” deception — or, in the comet’s case, \u003ca href=\"https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/exploring-the-planets/online/solar-system/comets/anatomy.cfm#:~:text=The%20coma%20is%20a%20cloud,about%202%20million%20miles)%20across\">ionized gas and reflected sunlight\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of every comet is a nucleus of frozen materials: water, ammonia, methane and other compounds. This nucleus is typically no larger than half a mile to 6 miles across — so small that we’d never see it unless it whizzed very close to Earth. ZTF is on the lower end of that range, estimated to be a bit more than half a mile across.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981678\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 683px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981678\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_.jpg 683w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/anatomy-of-a-comet.en_-160x113.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of a typical comet and the relationship of its iconic tails. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL-Caltech)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When a \u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en/\">comet swings by the sun\u003c/a>, it is heated by sunlight, and some of its frozen material sublimates, spewing out into a cloud of gas and dust that engulfs the nucleus. This cloud, called the coma, can grow to become hundreds of thousands of miles across — so big that it could easily engulf the entire Earth and moon system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gasses of the coma may be blown off into space by the solar wind, forming the comet’s iconic tail. The solar wind is a stream of ionized particles flowing outward from the sun, so the comet’s gas tail always points away from the sun, like a giant wind sock. The gas tail may grow to millions, or hundreds of millions, of miles long, depending on the size of the nucleus and how much gas it dumps into space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A comet often develops more than one tail. Dust embedded in the nucleus is carried into space by the spewing gasses and drifts along the comet’s path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 885px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1981621 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Backdrop of a stary night sky, a bright circle in the center surrounded by a white and green hue, along with several tails. \" width=\"885\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped.jpg 885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped-800x629.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/ZTF_27_Jan_2023-fullres_Tara-Mostofi-cropped-768x604.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can clearly see the details of the coma (bright spot), ion tail (right), dust tail (curving veil) and antitail (left) in this picture taken Jan. 20, 2023, from Yosemite National Park. \u003ccite>(Tara Mostofi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In pictures of \u003ca href=\"https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/understanding-the-tails-of-comet-ztf-c-2022-e3/\">C/2022 E3 (ZTF)\u003c/a>, \u003ci>three \u003c/i>tails can be seen clearly: a long, thin gas-ion tail; a wide, curving dust tail; and a pale, spikey “antitail” pointing in the opposite direction from the other two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The antitail, a fairly uncommon feature of comets, is formed of dust particles larger than the finer-grained dust tail. The larger grains are less affected by the blowing force of the solar wind, and tend to be left behind in the wake of the comet’s passage, like dust kicked up by a car moving down a dirt road.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bad omens?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Being objects that can be sometimes seen with the naked eye, comets have been talked about by humans since prehistory. And because they occasionally come close to Earth and can grow to \u003ca href=\"https://allthatsinteresting.com/halleys-comet-1910\">startling proportions\u003c/a>, ancient cultures often interpreted them as portents of calamity, bad omens or heralds of impending disaster. And in a way they weren’t wrong, considering the catastrophe one would cause were it to actually collide with Earth. Fortunately, most comets only deliver a visual warning of that possibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the word “disaster,” used in the mid-16th century in connection with the passage of a comet, derives from the Italian “disastro,” meaning an “ill-starred” event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bad omens or good sightseeing opportunities, comets are rare celestial gems, sights to cherish when they come our way. C/2022 E3 (ZTF) won’t catch our eye again, but there are plenty more comets out there to anticipate.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1981675/check-out-these-photos-if-you-missed-the-bright-green-comet-that-made-a-trip-across-the-sky","authors":["6180"],"categories":["science_28","science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_145","science_3419"],"featImg":"science_1981620","label":"source_science_1981675"},"science_1981331":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1981331","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1981331","score":null,"sort":[1674768637000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"heres-when-and-how-to-see-the-green-comet","title":"Here's When and How to See the Green Comet Everyone's Talking About","publishDate":1674768637,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Here’s When and How to See the Green Comet Everyone’s Talking About | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981226/a-bright-green-is-making-a-rare-trip-across-the-sky\">green comet we’ve all been hearing about\u003c/a>, newly discovered by astronomers, can be seen in the northern sky between the Big Dipper and the North Star. On a clear night, and far away from city lights, Bay Area residents will be able to view this spectacular event from now until early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Burress, Chabot Space and Science Center’s staff astronomer, advises facing north, then looking at the area of the sky to the right, above the horizon. “It’s the patch of sky immediately to the right of North, bounded between the Dippers,” he says. “Right now the comet is between the Big and Little Dippers. It will look like a small fuzzy patch of light, possibly slightly greenish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burress recommends getting to darker viewing areas like Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, the Chabot center in Oakland, Henry W. Coe State Park, Mount Diablo, Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve, or anywhere else you can find light-sheltered viewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comet, named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), was first spotted by scientists in March 2022 at the Zwicky Transient Facility on Palomar Mountain in San Diego County. At the time, the comet was inside the orbit of Jupiter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comets like this one are the building blocks from which the solar system is assembled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Comets are chunks of dirty ice — ice with lots of dust and dirt frozen into it left over from the days that the sun and the planets were first forming 5 billion years ago,” Andrew Fraknoi, astronomy professor at the University of San Francisco, told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the night between Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, the comet will be at its brightest, as it approaches its perigee, or the closest point at which it will come to Earth. While observers may be able to see the comet without visual aid during this time, it will still be easier to view the comet through binoculars or a small telescope. “[It] may have a faint tail, and may even appear to have two tails: a gas tail and a particle tail,” said Gerald McKeegan, East Bay Astronomical Society astronomer, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trying to predict exactly how bright a comet will become is notoriously difficult. “One thing I always cite is a quote from comet hunter David Levy: ‘Comets are like cats. They have tails and they do precisely what they want,'” said Bing Quock, assistant director of the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comet will remain in the night sky for a few weeks, but observers will need a telescope to see it after the first week of February. By the end of March, it will be beyond the orbit of Mars, and even more difficult to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"comet\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also track the comet on \u003ca href=\"https://theskylive.com/planetarium?objects=sun-moon-c2022e3-mercury-venus-mars-jupiter-saturn-uranus-neptune-pluto&localdata=37.8774%7C-122.2817%7CCAL+Fire+Northern+Region%2C+United+States%7CAmerica%2FLos_Angeles%7C0&obj=c2022e3&h=09&m=00&date=2023-01-24#ra%7C15.219190334943296%7Cdec%7C60.2699547237815%7Cfov%7C10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheSkyLive\u003c/a> or through astronomy and sky apps like \u003ca href=\"https://stellarium.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stellarium\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://skysafariastronomy.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SkySafari\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://starwalk.space/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Walk\u003c/a> and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chabot is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/visit/observatories/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free viewing at the observatory\u003c/a> this weekend (Jan. 27–28) and again Feb. 3–4. Weather permitting, one of the telescopes will be viewing the comet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Down the peninsula, the \u003ca href=\"https://foothill.edu/astronomy/observatory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foothill College Observatory\u003c/a> in Los Altos Hills will also be hosting a comet-viewing event on Tuesday, Jan. 31, starting at 6:30 p.m. They will be open to the public on Friday nights from 9 to 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://sfaa-astronomy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SF Amateur Astronomers\u003c/a> will be holding a couple of public star parties at the Presidio’s Main Parade Lawn, in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (in front of the Walt Disney Family Museum), on Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. and Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The green comet we've all been hearing about, newly discovered by astronomers, can be seen in the northern sky, between the Big Dipper and the North Star.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846108,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":631},"headData":{"title":"Here's When and How to See the Green Comet Everyone's Talking About | KQED","description":"The green comet we've all been hearing about, newly discovered by astronomers, can be seen in the northern sky, between the Big Dipper and the North Star.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Here's When and How to See the Green Comet Everyone's Talking About","datePublished":"2023-01-26T21:30:37.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:21:48.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Astronomy","sticky":false,"nprImageCredit":"Dan Bartlett","nprImageAgency":"NASA","nprStoryId":"1147685424","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1147685424&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/08/1147685424/comet-green-january-e3-ztf-nasa?ft=nprml&f=1147685424","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:35:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:35:22 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:35:22 -0500","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1981331/heres-when-and-how-to-see-the-green-comet","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981226/a-bright-green-is-making-a-rare-trip-across-the-sky\">green comet we’ve all been hearing about\u003c/a>, newly discovered by astronomers, can be seen in the northern sky between the Big Dipper and the North Star. On a clear night, and far away from city lights, Bay Area residents will be able to view this spectacular event from now until early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Burress, Chabot Space and Science Center’s staff astronomer, advises facing north, then looking at the area of the sky to the right, above the horizon. “It’s the patch of sky immediately to the right of North, bounded between the Dippers,” he says. “Right now the comet is between the Big and Little Dippers. It will look like a small fuzzy patch of light, possibly slightly greenish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burress recommends getting to darker viewing areas like Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, the Chabot center in Oakland, Henry W. Coe State Park, Mount Diablo, Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve, or anywhere else you can find light-sheltered viewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comet, named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), was first spotted by scientists in March 2022 at the Zwicky Transient Facility on Palomar Mountain in San Diego County. At the time, the comet was inside the orbit of Jupiter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comets like this one are the building blocks from which the solar system is assembled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Comets are chunks of dirty ice — ice with lots of dust and dirt frozen into it left over from the days that the sun and the planets were first forming 5 billion years ago,” Andrew Fraknoi, astronomy professor at the University of San Francisco, told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the night between Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, the comet will be at its brightest, as it approaches its perigee, or the closest point at which it will come to Earth. While observers may be able to see the comet without visual aid during this time, it will still be easier to view the comet through binoculars or a small telescope. “[It] may have a faint tail, and may even appear to have two tails: a gas tail and a particle tail,” said Gerald McKeegan, East Bay Astronomical Society astronomer, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trying to predict exactly how bright a comet will become is notoriously difficult. “One thing I always cite is a quote from comet hunter David Levy: ‘Comets are like cats. They have tails and they do precisely what they want,'” said Bing Quock, assistant director of the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comet will remain in the night sky for a few weeks, but observers will need a telescope to see it after the first week of February. By the end of March, it will be beyond the orbit of Mars, and even more difficult to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"comet"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also track the comet on \u003ca href=\"https://theskylive.com/planetarium?objects=sun-moon-c2022e3-mercury-venus-mars-jupiter-saturn-uranus-neptune-pluto&localdata=37.8774%7C-122.2817%7CCAL+Fire+Northern+Region%2C+United+States%7CAmerica%2FLos_Angeles%7C0&obj=c2022e3&h=09&m=00&date=2023-01-24#ra%7C15.219190334943296%7Cdec%7C60.2699547237815%7Cfov%7C10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheSkyLive\u003c/a> or through astronomy and sky apps like \u003ca href=\"https://stellarium.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stellarium\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://skysafariastronomy.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SkySafari\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://starwalk.space/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Walk\u003c/a> and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chabot is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/visit/observatories/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free viewing at the observatory\u003c/a> this weekend (Jan. 27–28) and again Feb. 3–4. Weather permitting, one of the telescopes will be viewing the comet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Down the peninsula, the \u003ca href=\"https://foothill.edu/astronomy/observatory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foothill College Observatory\u003c/a> in Los Altos Hills will also be hosting a comet-viewing event on Tuesday, Jan. 31, starting at 6:30 p.m. They will be open to the public on Friday nights from 9 to 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://sfaa-astronomy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SF Amateur Astronomers\u003c/a> will be holding a couple of public star parties at the Presidio’s Main Parade Lawn, in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (in front of the Walt Disney Family Museum), on Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. and Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1981331/heres-when-and-how-to-see-the-green-comet","authors":["11631"],"categories":["science_28","science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_1073","science_145","science_577"],"featImg":"science_1981357","label":"source_science_1981331"},"science_1981226":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1981226","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1981226","score":null,"sort":[1674502918000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-bright-green-is-making-a-rare-trip-across-the-sky","title":"A Bright Green Comet Is Making a Rare Trip Across the Sky","publishDate":1674502918,"format":"standard","headTitle":"A Bright Green Comet Is Making a Rare Trip Across the Sky | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>It’s prime time to see the comet known as C/2022 E3, marked by its bright green nucleus and long faint ion tail. It’s visible now with telescopes and binoculars, and the best chance of seeing it with the naked eye is coming up in early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This marks possibly the first time ever — or at least for thousands of years — that the comet has streaked across the Earth sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If C/2022 E3 has ever passed through the solar system before, it would have last been seen in the sky more than 10,000 years ago,” Jon Giorgini, a senior analyst at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Astronomers first spotted the brightening outburst in March 2022 at the Zwicky Transient Facility on Palomar Mountain in California. At the time, the comet was inside the orbit of Jupiter.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The best chance to see the comet is between Feb. 1 and Feb. 2\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For the past week and a half, the comet has been moving closer to Earth and as a result, becoming more visible in the Earth sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, the newly discovered comet is slated to draw nearest to Earth — 26.4 million miles away to be exact — meaning it will be the best chance to see its glow unaided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comets are essentially clumps of frozen gases, rock and dust. But when they approach the sun and heat up, they become powerful cosmic objects, spewing gases and dust in a way that forms their iconic shape: a glowing core and flame-like tail that can stretch on for millions of miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brightness of comets tends to be unpredictable, but this one’s current behavior is promising, according to a recent explainer from Preston Dyches of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its glow may be visible to the naked eye in dark night skies, he said, while observers with binoculars or telescopes have a greater chance of witnessing the rare speck of light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spectators in the Northern Hemisphere can begin to spot the comet’s faint glow in the morning sky, as it journeys toward the northwest, according to Dyches. The comet will likely be visible to those in the Southern Hemisphere starting early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After its brief appearance in the Earth skies, it’s unclear where it may go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because scientists have only recently begun to track the comet’s path, there is still a lot to understand about C/2022 E3, says Giorgini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s possible it may gain enough energy to fling out of our solar system, or it might remain bound to its elliptical orbit for another trip around the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Comet C/2022 E3 was first spotted last year and will draw nearest to the Earth in early February, though it's visible now for those with binoculars and telescopes.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846111,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":461},"headData":{"title":"A Bright Green Comet Is Making a Rare Trip Across the Sky | KQED","description":"Comet C/2022 E3 was first spotted last year and will draw nearest to the Earth in early February, though it's visible now for those with binoculars and telescopes.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"A Bright Green Comet Is Making a Rare Trip Across the Sky","datePublished":"2023-01-23T19:41:58.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:21:51.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"NPR","sticky":false,"nprImageCredit":"Dan Bartlett","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/1108419098/juliana-kim\">Juliana Kim\u003c/a>","nprImageAgency":"NASA","nprStoryId":"1147685424","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1147685424&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/08/1147685424/comet-green-january-e3-ztf-nasa?ft=nprml&f=1147685424","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:35:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:35:22 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:35:22 -0500","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/science/1981226/a-bright-green-is-making-a-rare-trip-across-the-sky","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s prime time to see the comet known as C/2022 E3, marked by its bright green nucleus and long faint ion tail. It’s visible now with telescopes and binoculars, and the best chance of seeing it with the naked eye is coming up in early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This marks possibly the first time ever — or at least for thousands of years — that the comet has streaked across the Earth sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If C/2022 E3 has ever passed through the solar system before, it would have last been seen in the sky more than 10,000 years ago,” Jon Giorgini, a senior analyst at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Astronomers first spotted the brightening outburst in March 2022 at the Zwicky Transient Facility on Palomar Mountain in California. At the time, the comet was inside the orbit of Jupiter.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The best chance to see the comet is between Feb. 1 and Feb. 2\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For the past week and a half, the comet has been moving closer to Earth and as a result, becoming more visible in the Earth sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, the newly discovered comet is slated to draw nearest to Earth — 26.4 million miles away to be exact — meaning it will be the best chance to see its glow unaided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comets are essentially clumps of frozen gases, rock and dust. But when they approach the sun and heat up, they become powerful cosmic objects, spewing gases and dust in a way that forms their iconic shape: a glowing core and flame-like tail that can stretch on for millions of miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brightness of comets tends to be unpredictable, but this one’s current behavior is promising, according to a recent explainer from Preston Dyches of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its glow may be visible to the naked eye in dark night skies, he said, while observers with binoculars or telescopes have a greater chance of witnessing the rare speck of light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spectators in the Northern Hemisphere can begin to spot the comet’s faint glow in the morning sky, as it journeys toward the northwest, according to Dyches. The comet will likely be visible to those in the Southern Hemisphere starting early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After its brief appearance in the Earth skies, it’s unclear where it may go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because scientists have only recently begun to track the comet’s path, there is still a lot to understand about C/2022 E3, says Giorgini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s possible it may gain enough energy to fling out of our solar system, or it might remain bound to its elliptical orbit for another trip around the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1981226/a-bright-green-is-making-a-rare-trip-across-the-sky","authors":["byline_science_1981226"],"categories":["science_28","science_4450"],"tags":["science_1073","science_145","science_577"],"featImg":"science_1981227","label":"source_science_1981226"},"science_1980925":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1980925","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1980925","score":null,"sort":[1670871811000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-geminids-meteor-shower-will-peak-early-wednesday-morning","title":"The Geminids Meteor Shower Will Peak Early Wednesday Morning","publishDate":1670871811,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The Geminids Meteor Shower Will Peak Early Wednesday Morning | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Get ready for one of the year’s best \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/list.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meteor showers\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec. 14, the night sky will light up as the Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak of activity, producing exceptionally bright and sometimes colorful meteors to delight any night-sky enthusiast.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How and when to watch Geminids\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Geminids can be seen as early as 10 p.m. PST on Tuesday, Dec. 13. At this time, the meteors’ apparent source, or “\u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/radiant-point-of-meteor-showers/\">radiant point\u003c/a>,” the constellation Gemini, becomes well-positioned in the night sky. This makes the Geminids shower unusual in that some of its meteors can be glimpsed before midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980928 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy.jpg\" alt='Bright circle labeled \"moon.\" Smaller bright circles for the planets and constellations. ' width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy-800x604.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy-1020x770.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of the night sky looking south around 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Dec. 14. The twin stars of the constellation Gemini, the radiant source of meteors of the Geminids shower, are at the top, high in the sky above the asterism called the Winter Triangle, and the constellation Orion. Mars is located westward of this area, bright and prominent, as it is currently near its closest approach to Earth. \u003ccite>(Ben Burress/Made using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chabot Space and Science Center is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/calendar/geminids-meteor-shower/\">meteor watching party\u003c/a>, beginning at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and running until 3 a.m. Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the shower, meteors will appear to radiate from Gemini, which reaches its highest point in the sky around 2 a.m.; that’ll be the optimum time to see the most shooting stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Geminids shower typically produces around \u003ca href=\"https://in-the-sky.org/article.php?term=zenithal_hourly_rate\">120 meteors per hour\u003c/a>, so under clear, dark sky conditions, you may see up to two a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 2 a.m., Gemini will be almost directly overhead, easily identified by its two equally bright stars, Castor and Pollux, the \u003ca href=\"https://study.com/academy/lesson/castor-pollux-in-greek-mythology-story-mother-constellation.html\">twin brothers of Greek myth\u003c/a>. Meteors may be seen almost anywhere in the sky, but if you lie down on a blanket and lock your gaze onto Gemini above, you’ll maximize the number of falling stars you can catch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year the waning gibbous moon, which is a not-quite-full moon diminishing toward the third-quarter phase, will rise around 10 p.m. on Tuesday evening and remain in the sky until well after dawn. Still, the Geminids shower tends to produce bright meteors that will be visible despite interference from moonlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can you find the darkest skies?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The best place to watch a meteor shower is where skies are darkest, away from urban lights. If you live in the city, light pollution can be difficult to avoid, and driving miles from home in the middle of the night can be an undertaking of planning and willpower. But the rewards are well worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might see a meteor or two even from a city dwelling, but the Bay Area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">numerous places you can reach in less than half an hour that provide some protection from city lights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980930 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bright dots scattered across the night sky, blue, orange and red sunset and a glowing orange round buildings. \" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Composite image of the telescope domes at Chabot Space and Science Center under the clear night sky. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space and Science Center/Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the South Bay, Henry Coe State Park is a prime spot. Along the peninsula are dark niches bordering the coastal mountains. North of the bay, in Sonoma and Napa counties, are wide spans of dark country roads to choose from. In the East Bay hills are some good pullouts, from the Tilden Park region all the way south to Sunol. Mount Diablo offers some good spots, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any case, you know your home ground best and probably can think of some good spots. Be wise, be safe and dress for the cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a meteor shower?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">meteor\u003c/a> is a small bit of space rock or metal, typically no bigger than a pebble, that burns up when it enters Earth’s atmosphere traveling at speeds of many miles per second. You’d get pretty hot, too, going that fast through the atmosphere — ask any astronaut who has been to space and returned home in a fiery reentry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980931 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bright lights across the sky, blue and yellow lines. \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luminous and colorful streaks left behind by shooting stars of the Leonids meteor shower, which takes place annually in November. Color in meteors comes from different composition of the dust grains burning up. Some are composed of stone, others of metal. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space and Science Center/Carter Roberts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors\">meteor shower\u003c/a> happens when Earth passes through a cloud of dust left behind by the passage of a comet. When Earth slams into the dust cloud, moving along its orbit around the sun at 18 miles per second, its sky becomes filled with the incinerating specks: meteors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteor showers are best viewed in the early morning hours because the viewer is on the side of the Earth moving into the dust. Think of a car speeding along a freeway and driving through a cloud of flying insects: Bug streaks only appear on the windshield and not the rear window.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where did the Geminids shower come from?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Geminids meteor shower is unusual for another reason. While most showers come from trails of dust left behind by comets that passed through the inner solar system, the Geminids originate from what astronomers call a “rock comet” named \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/lunar/phaethon.html\">3200 Phaeton\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1980929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/phaeton-asteroid-2017.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radio telescope image of 3200 Phaeton, the ‘rock comet’ that is the source of dust that produces the Geminids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(Arecibo Observatory/NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike typical comets that are made mostly of frozen water and other volatile materials, Phaeton is more like an asteroid, composed of rock and dust and probably some ice as well. When it passes close to the sun, Phaeton heats up, and some of the ice it contains vaporizes, blowing off into space and carrying dust with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For your added viewing enjoyment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As long as you’re up so early waiting to see meteors, take the time to look around at some of the sky’s other wonders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the moon is up there. Enough said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planet Mars shines high in the sky to the west of Gemini. To locate this rosy celestial gem, look for a bright orange dot shining steadily, without flickering like stars do. Stars flicker because they are distant enough to be simple delicate points of light, strongly affected by turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere, like candles blowing in the wind. Planets, however, are much closer and appear in the sky as disks, much less influenced by atmospheric refraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you can’t miss the complex of bright stars that form Orion and his famous belt of three.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spanning the sky to the south of Gemini is the asterism called the Winter Triangle, formed by the bright orange star Betelgeuse in Orion, the golden-white Procyon, and the brightest star of the night sky, the rainbow sparkler Sirius.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stay warm and enjoy!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec. 14, the night sky will light up — a sure bet to delight any night-sky enthusiast.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846137,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":1147},"headData":{"title":"The Geminids Meteor Shower Will Peak Early Wednesday Morning | KQED","description":"In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec. 14, the night sky will light up — a sure bet to delight any night-sky enthusiast.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Geminids Meteor Shower Will Peak Early Wednesday Morning","datePublished":"2022-12-12T19:03:31.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:22:17.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Astronomy","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/science/1980925/the-geminids-meteor-shower-will-peak-early-wednesday-morning","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Get ready for one of the year’s best \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/list.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meteor showers\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec. 14, the night sky will light up as the Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak of activity, producing exceptionally bright and sometimes colorful meteors to delight any night-sky enthusiast.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How and when to watch Geminids\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Geminids can be seen as early as 10 p.m. PST on Tuesday, Dec. 13. At this time, the meteors’ apparent source, or “\u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/radiant-point-of-meteor-showers/\">radiant point\u003c/a>,” the constellation Gemini, becomes well-positioned in the night sky. This makes the Geminids shower unusual in that some of its meteors can be glimpsed before midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980928 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy.jpg\" alt='Bright circle labeled \"moon.\" Smaller bright circles for the planets and constellations. ' width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy-800x604.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy-1020x770.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/Dec142022-2-copy-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of the night sky looking south around 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Dec. 14. The twin stars of the constellation Gemini, the radiant source of meteors of the Geminids shower, are at the top, high in the sky above the asterism called the Winter Triangle, and the constellation Orion. Mars is located westward of this area, bright and prominent, as it is currently near its closest approach to Earth. \u003ccite>(Ben Burress/Made using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chabot Space and Science Center is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/calendar/geminids-meteor-shower/\">meteor watching party\u003c/a>, beginning at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and running until 3 a.m. Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the shower, meteors will appear to radiate from Gemini, which reaches its highest point in the sky around 2 a.m.; that’ll be the optimum time to see the most shooting stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Geminids shower typically produces around \u003ca href=\"https://in-the-sky.org/article.php?term=zenithal_hourly_rate\">120 meteors per hour\u003c/a>, so under clear, dark sky conditions, you may see up to two a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 2 a.m., Gemini will be almost directly overhead, easily identified by its two equally bright stars, Castor and Pollux, the \u003ca href=\"https://study.com/academy/lesson/castor-pollux-in-greek-mythology-story-mother-constellation.html\">twin brothers of Greek myth\u003c/a>. Meteors may be seen almost anywhere in the sky, but if you lie down on a blanket and lock your gaze onto Gemini above, you’ll maximize the number of falling stars you can catch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year the waning gibbous moon, which is a not-quite-full moon diminishing toward the third-quarter phase, will rise around 10 p.m. on Tuesday evening and remain in the sky until well after dawn. Still, the Geminids shower tends to produce bright meteors that will be visible despite interference from moonlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can you find the darkest skies?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The best place to watch a meteor shower is where skies are darkest, away from urban lights. If you live in the city, light pollution can be difficult to avoid, and driving miles from home in the middle of the night can be an undertaking of planning and willpower. But the rewards are well worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might see a meteor or two even from a city dwelling, but the Bay Area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">numerous places you can reach in less than half an hour that provide some protection from city lights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980930 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bright dots scattered across the night sky, blue, orange and red sunset and a glowing orange round buildings. \" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/01_domes-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Composite image of the telescope domes at Chabot Space and Science Center under the clear night sky. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space and Science Center/Conrad Jung)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the South Bay, Henry Coe State Park is a prime spot. Along the peninsula are dark niches bordering the coastal mountains. North of the bay, in Sonoma and Napa counties, are wide spans of dark country roads to choose from. In the East Bay hills are some good pullouts, from the Tilden Park region all the way south to Sunol. Mount Diablo offers some good spots, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any case, you know your home ground best and probably can think of some good spots. Be wise, be safe and dress for the cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a meteor shower?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">meteor\u003c/a> is a small bit of space rock or metal, typically no bigger than a pebble, that burns up when it enters Earth’s atmosphere traveling at speeds of many miles per second. You’d get pretty hot, too, going that fast through the atmosphere — ask any astronaut who has been to space and returned home in a fiery reentry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980931 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bright lights across the sky, blue and yellow lines. \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-2-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luminous and colorful streaks left behind by shooting stars of the Leonids meteor shower, which takes place annually in November. Color in meteors comes from different composition of the dust grains burning up. Some are composed of stone, others of metal. \u003ccite>(Chabot Space and Science Center/Carter Roberts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors\">meteor shower\u003c/a> happens when Earth passes through a cloud of dust left behind by the passage of a comet. When Earth slams into the dust cloud, moving along its orbit around the sun at 18 miles per second, its sky becomes filled with the incinerating specks: meteors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteor showers are best viewed in the early morning hours because the viewer is on the side of the Earth moving into the dust. Think of a car speeding along a freeway and driving through a cloud of flying insects: Bug streaks only appear on the windshield and not the rear window.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where did the Geminids shower come from?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Geminids meteor shower is unusual for another reason. While most showers come from trails of dust left behind by comets that passed through the inner solar system, the Geminids originate from what astronomers call a “rock comet” named \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/lunar/phaethon.html\">3200 Phaeton\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1980929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/phaeton-asteroid-2017.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radio telescope image of 3200 Phaeton, the ‘rock comet’ that is the source of dust that produces the Geminids meteor shower. \u003ccite>(Arecibo Observatory/NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike typical comets that are made mostly of frozen water and other volatile materials, Phaeton is more like an asteroid, composed of rock and dust and probably some ice as well. When it passes close to the sun, Phaeton heats up, and some of the ice it contains vaporizes, blowing off into space and carrying dust with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For your added viewing enjoyment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As long as you’re up so early waiting to see meteors, take the time to look around at some of the sky’s other wonders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the moon is up there. Enough said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planet Mars shines high in the sky to the west of Gemini. To locate this rosy celestial gem, look for a bright orange dot shining steadily, without flickering like stars do. Stars flicker because they are distant enough to be simple delicate points of light, strongly affected by turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere, like candles blowing in the wind. Planets, however, are much closer and appear in the sky as disks, much less influenced by atmospheric refraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you can’t miss the complex of bright stars that form Orion and his famous belt of three.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spanning the sky to the south of Gemini is the asterism called the Winter Triangle, formed by the bright orange star Betelgeuse in Orion, the golden-white Procyon, and the brightest star of the night sky, the rainbow sparkler Sirius.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stay warm and enjoy!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1980925/the-geminids-meteor-shower-will-peak-early-wednesday-morning","authors":["6180"],"categories":["science_28","science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_145","science_4414","science_541","science_2648","science_1471"],"featImg":"science_1980927","label":"source_science_1980925"},"science_1979917":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1979917","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1979917","score":null,"sort":[1659704482000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"draft-the-perseids-meteor-shower-happens-on-friday-morning","title":"How to Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Now","publishDate":1659704482,"format":"standard","headTitle":"How to Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Now | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perseid meteor shower\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will \u003ca href=\"https://www.amsmeteors.org/2022/08/viewing-the-perseid-meteor-shower-in-2022/\">reach its peak\u003c/a> activity in the early mornings on Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13. In the hours leading up to dawn, you could see as many as 50 meteors per hour – almost one a minute – with clear, dark viewing conditions. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual Perseids meteor shower in August is \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/perseids/in-depth/\">one of the best and most reliable shooting star shows of the year\u003c/a>. The full moon will be in the sky all night and moonlight will challenge you to see fainter Perseids, but the brighter ones will still be easy to spot. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1968031\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The image shows streaks of light all coming from one area in the dark sky. The streaks fan across the image from left of center in all directions.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time lapse image taken during the Perseid meteor shower in 2009. When viewing this meteor shower with your eyes, you will usually see only one meteor at a time, about once per minute on average. The time lapse image reveals how the Perseids seem to radiate from a common point, the shower’s “radiant point.” \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>Where do I look?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After midnight, looking to the northeast will face you toward the Perseids’ “radiant point,” the spot in the sky they will streak from. This is in the constellation \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://astrobackyard.com/perseus-constellation/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perseus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the shower’s namesake. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find a good viewing location with a dark sky and a clear view to the east, free of obstructions like hills, trees and buildings. Get comfortable and watch the sky. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though the meteors will radiate from the vicinity of Perseus, they can flash across any part of the sky. You never know when or where one will appear, so set your sights on the entire scene, just like you would watch a big-screen action film you haven’t seen before. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1979921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1979921\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"A view of a dark blue northeastern sky, with a narrow curve of buildings and trees below. The image shows how the sky will look on the morning of August 12, 2022. The constellations of Ursa Major, Lynx and Orion are barely visible, rising above the horizon, with Aunga and Taurus just above them. Across the middle of the image are Ursa Minor, Camelopardalis and Perseus, the constellation from where the Perseid meteors come. To the right of Perseus, Mars is a bright circle in the sky. At the top of the image are the Cassiopeia, Triangulum and Aries.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of how the northeastern sky will look at 2:00 a.m. on the morning of August 12, featuring the location of the constellation Perseus and the radiant point of the Perseids meteor shower. Mars will shine bright in the east as well. \u003ccite>(Ben Burress - chart made using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Where do I go to see them?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can see the Perseids shower from anywhere with an unobstructed view of the sky, even your own backyard. If you live in a city, the number of falling stars you might catch will be limited by the height of obstacles around you and by light pollution from streetlights, buildings, and cars – so it helps to get away from that if possible. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fortunately \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">there are places around the Bay where you can find relatively dark skies\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> if you’re willing to travel a bit. These include \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=561\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Henry Coe State Park\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the south bay, Mount Diablo in the east, just about anywhere in the north bay area, and along Skyline Boulevard on the peninsula. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/calendar/perseids-meteor-shower/\">Chabot Space & Science Center\u003c/a> is holding a meteor watching party on its observatory deck, weather permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stay safe, check the weather forecast for clear skies, and dress appropriately. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1979920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1979920\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small.jpg\" alt=\"The image shows a view of the night sky as a circle bounded by trees below and the curve of a lens above. The Milky Way runs bright in white, blue and purple through the center of the image. The streak of a meteor shoots from the center of the image up toward the right.\" width=\"800\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small-768x611.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Perseids meteor caught in the skies of West Virginia in 2016. \u003ccite>(NASA/Bill Ingalls)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What causes meteor showers?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A meteor is a small speck of rock or metal\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that strikes Earth’s atmosphere at speeds measured in tens of miles per second. Friction with the atmosphere quickly heats the pebble-sized grain and it vaporizes in a flash, leaving a brilliant streak behind. Most meteors burn up 40 or 50 miles above Earth’s surface, so those luminous trails can be dozens of miles long. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/meteor-shower/en/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteor \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">shower\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> happens when Earth moves through a cloud of dust\u003c/span>\u003c/a> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> left behind by a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&condition_1=102%3Aparent_id&condition_2=comet%3Abody_type%3Ailike\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">comet that flew by the sun\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at some time in the past. When a comet passes close to the sun, solar heating vaporizes ice on the comet’s surface, which then blows off into space to form the familiar comet tail. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1979919\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1979919\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/1280px-Swift-Tuttle_Comet_Particles-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/1280px-Swift-Tuttle_Comet_Particles-small.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/1280px-Swift-Tuttle_Comet_Particles-small-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/1280px-Swift-Tuttle_Comet_Particles-small-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astronaut Ron Garan took this image from the International Space Station, featuring a Perseids meteor burning up in Earth’s atmosphere as seen from space. \u003ccite>(NASA/Ron Garan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comet also sheds dust embedded in its ices, leaving behind a trail. Each year when Earth returns to the same point in its orbit, we pass through the dust trail and enjoy the fiery demise of meteors. Meteor showers are visible in the morning hours because that’s when we’re on the side of the Earth plowing into the dust – kind of like how we only see bugs hit the windshield of a car and not the rear window. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each different meteor shower throughout the year comes from the dust trail of a different comet. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/109p-swift-tuttle/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Perseids’ parent comet is named \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swift-Tuttle\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, discovered in 1862 independently by Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swift-Tuttle orbits the sun once every 133 years, and last passed by Earth’s neighborhood in the solar system in 1992.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Perseids will be most active in the early morning on Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13; the supermoon will be large in the sky, but you can still see the brightest meteors.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846224,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":827},"headData":{"title":"How to Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Now | KQED","description":"The annual Perseids meteor shower has already started and will be its most active in the early morning on Saturday, August 13.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialDescription":"The annual Perseids meteor shower has already started and will be its most active in the early morning on Saturday, August 13.","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"How to Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Now","datePublished":"2022-08-05T13:01:22.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:23:44.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"astronomy","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/science/1979917/draft-the-perseids-meteor-shower-happens-on-friday-morning","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perseid meteor shower\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will \u003ca href=\"https://www.amsmeteors.org/2022/08/viewing-the-perseid-meteor-shower-in-2022/\">reach its peak\u003c/a> activity in the early mornings on Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13. In the hours leading up to dawn, you could see as many as 50 meteors per hour – almost one a minute – with clear, dark viewing conditions. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual Perseids meteor shower in August is \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/perseids/in-depth/\">one of the best and most reliable shooting star shows of the year\u003c/a>. The full moon will be in the sky all night and moonlight will challenge you to see fainter Perseids, but the brighter ones will still be easy to spot. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1968031\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The image shows streaks of light all coming from one area in the dark sky. The streaks fan across the image from left of center in all directions.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/perseids-2009-nasajpl.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time lapse image taken during the Perseid meteor shower in 2009. When viewing this meteor shower with your eyes, you will usually see only one meteor at a time, about once per minute on average. The time lapse image reveals how the Perseids seem to radiate from a common point, the shower’s “radiant point.” \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>Where do I look?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After midnight, looking to the northeast will face you toward the Perseids’ “radiant point,” the spot in the sky they will streak from. This is in the constellation \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://astrobackyard.com/perseus-constellation/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perseus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the shower’s namesake. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find a good viewing location with a dark sky and a clear view to the east, free of obstructions like hills, trees and buildings. Get comfortable and watch the sky. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though the meteors will radiate from the vicinity of Perseus, they can flash across any part of the sky. You never know when or where one will appear, so set your sights on the entire scene, just like you would watch a big-screen action film you haven’t seen before. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1979921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1979921\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"A view of a dark blue northeastern sky, with a narrow curve of buildings and trees below. The image shows how the sky will look on the morning of August 12, 2022. The constellations of Ursa Major, Lynx and Orion are barely visible, rising above the horizon, with Aunga and Taurus just above them. Across the middle of the image are Ursa Minor, Camelopardalis and Perseus, the constellation from where the Perseid meteors come. To the right of Perseus, Mars is a bright circle in the sky. At the top of the image are the Cassiopeia, Triangulum and Aries.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/Clipboard01.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of how the northeastern sky will look at 2:00 a.m. on the morning of August 12, featuring the location of the constellation Perseus and the radiant point of the Perseids meteor shower. Mars will shine bright in the east as well. \u003ccite>(Ben Burress - chart made using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Where do I go to see them?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can see the Perseids shower from anywhere with an unobstructed view of the sky, even your own backyard. If you live in a city, the number of falling stars you might catch will be limited by the height of obstacles around you and by light pollution from streetlights, buildings, and cars – so it helps to get away from that if possible. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fortunately \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">there are places around the Bay where you can find relatively dark skies\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> if you’re willing to travel a bit. These include \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=561\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Henry Coe State Park\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the south bay, Mount Diablo in the east, just about anywhere in the north bay area, and along Skyline Boulevard on the peninsula. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://chabotspace.org/calendar/perseids-meteor-shower/\">Chabot Space & Science Center\u003c/a> is holding a meteor watching party on its observatory deck, weather permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stay safe, check the weather forecast for clear skies, and dress appropriately. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1979920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1979920\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small.jpg\" alt=\"The image shows a view of the night sky as a circle bounded by trees below and the curve of a lens above. The Milky Way runs bright in white, blue and purple through the center of the image. The streak of a meteor shoots from the center of the image up toward the right.\" width=\"800\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/2016perseid-small-768x611.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Perseids meteor caught in the skies of West Virginia in 2016. \u003ccite>(NASA/Bill Ingalls)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What causes meteor showers?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A meteor is a small speck of rock or metal\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that strikes Earth’s atmosphere at speeds measured in tens of miles per second. Friction with the atmosphere quickly heats the pebble-sized grain and it vaporizes in a flash, leaving a brilliant streak behind. Most meteors burn up 40 or 50 miles above Earth’s surface, so those luminous trails can be dozens of miles long. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/meteor-shower/en/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteor \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">shower\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> happens when Earth moves through a cloud of dust\u003c/span>\u003c/a> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> left behind by a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&condition_1=102%3Aparent_id&condition_2=comet%3Abody_type%3Ailike\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">comet that flew by the sun\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at some time in the past. When a comet passes close to the sun, solar heating vaporizes ice on the comet’s surface, which then blows off into space to form the familiar comet tail. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1979919\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1979919\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/1280px-Swift-Tuttle_Comet_Particles-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/1280px-Swift-Tuttle_Comet_Particles-small.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/1280px-Swift-Tuttle_Comet_Particles-small-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/08/1280px-Swift-Tuttle_Comet_Particles-small-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astronaut Ron Garan took this image from the International Space Station, featuring a Perseids meteor burning up in Earth’s atmosphere as seen from space. \u003ccite>(NASA/Ron Garan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comet also sheds dust embedded in its ices, leaving behind a trail. Each year when Earth returns to the same point in its orbit, we pass through the dust trail and enjoy the fiery demise of meteors. Meteor showers are visible in the morning hours because that’s when we’re on the side of the Earth plowing into the dust – kind of like how we only see bugs hit the windshield of a car and not the rear window. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each different meteor shower throughout the year comes from the dust trail of a different comet. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/109p-swift-tuttle/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Perseids’ parent comet is named \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swift-Tuttle\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, discovered in 1862 independently by Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swift-Tuttle orbits the sun once every 133 years, and last passed by Earth’s neighborhood in the solar system in 1992.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1979917/draft-the-perseids-meteor-shower-happens-on-friday-morning","authors":["6180"],"categories":["science_28","science_40","science_4450","science_3947"],"tags":["science_145","science_4414","science_541","science_2648","science_2651","science_545"],"featImg":"science_1971308","label":"source_science_1979917"},"science_1978856":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1978856","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1978856","score":null,"sort":[1650027663000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"heres-how-to-see-the-lyrids-meteor-shower-plus-a-dramatic-lineup-of-planets-this-month","title":"Here's How to See the Lyrids Meteor Shower Plus a Dramatic Lineup of Planets This Month","publishDate":1650027663,"format":"image","headTitle":"Here’s How to See the Lyrids Meteor Shower Plus a Dramatic Lineup of Planets This Month | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are you doing between midnight and dawn on April 22? Sleeping? There’s a better option: Watch the annual Lyrids meteor shower, and catch up on sleep later.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the early morning hours of Friday, April 22, especially in the last few hours before dawn, the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/lyrids.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyrids shower\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will reach its peak of activity, producing as many as 18 meteors per hour under good viewing conditions and a dark sky. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s one meteor every three minutes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do you watch the Lyrids?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meteor watching requires minimal planning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">First, find a safe viewing location as far from city lights and overhead obstructions as possible. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second, plan your viewing for after midnight — best in the last hours before dawn. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And third, bring a snack and a hot beverage, and something comfortable to sit or lie down on.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you live in or around the cities of the Bay, you may have to travel a bit to find a spot shielded from urban lights. Fortunately, the Bay Area is fringed with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">decent viewing locations\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> protected by surrounding topography — nothing like you can find far out in the country, but better than downtown San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978878\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1978878\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-800x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-800x269.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-1020x343.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-160x54.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-768x259.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-1536x517.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-2048x689.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-1920x646.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low fog partially blanketing the city lights of Oakland and San Francisco, as seen from Chabot Space and Science Center. Urban light pollution is caused by particles in the atmosphere that reflect city lights back to the ground, interfering with our viewing enjoyment of faint celestial objects, like stars and meteors. \u003ccite>(Carter Roberts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyrid meteors streak from a point near the constellation \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://stardate.org/astro-guide/lyra-harp-0\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyra\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, their namesake. After midnight, Lyra will be high in the eastern sky, marked by the bright star Vega, one of the luminary members of the\u003c/span> \u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/tonight/summer-triangle-predominates-during-the-summer-seaso/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Triangle\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you find your viewing spot, get comfortable and look toward the east. Though the meteors will radiate from the direction of Lyra, their streaks can appear anywhere, so anchor your sight on Vega, but soften your gaze to see as much of the sky as you can. Now, wait for your reward. Seeing even one shooting star is a thrill. Then, wait for another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Lyrids shower also has been known to produce \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">fireballs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> — \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/listening-to-fireballs-the-explosively-brilliant-m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exploding meteors\u003c/a> — that look like quick, bright bursts of light. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the morning of the Lyrids shower offers a dramatic display from the planets in our solar system. You can spot a lineup of Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn, gradually rising around 4:30 to 5:00 a.m., strung out along the southeastern horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1033px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1978882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1033\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732.jpg 1033w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How the southeastern sky will look around 4 a.m. on April 22, 2022, with Lyrid meteors appearing to streak from the radiant point. Also in the sky are the waning gibbous moon and the planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn. \u003ccite>(Map made at Chabot Space and Science Center using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The waning gibbous moon will rise around 1 a.m. and climb higher in the eastern sky for the rest of the night. Moonlight will wash out some of the fainter meteors, but won’t prevent you from seeing the brighter ones. \u003c/span>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where do meteors come from?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteor\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a tiny bit of space rock or metal incinerated in a flash as it streaks through Earth’s upper atmosphere, at speeds of tens of miles per second. Usually no larger than pebbles, meteors can put on a brilliant light show, sometimes even revealing color — orange, blue or green — depending on composition and temperature.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978877\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2471px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1978877\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2471\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-scaled.jpg 2471w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-800x829.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-1020x1057.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-160x166.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-768x796.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-1482x1536.jpg 1482w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-1977x2048.jpg 1977w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-1920x1989.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2471px) 100vw, 2471px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Composite photograph of meteors from the annual Leonids meteor shower, which takes place in November. \u003ccite>(Carter Roberts/Eastbay Astronomical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteor shower\u003c/span>\u003c/a> happens when the Earth moves through a trail of dust left behind by the passage of a \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">comet\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. As Earth slams into the dust trail at its orbital speed of 18 miles per second, the friction vaporizes the dust grains.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We see meteor showers under morning skies when we’re on the side of the Earth plowing into the comet’s dust trail — inconvenient if you’d like to get a good night’s sleep, but a spectacular show.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The dust trail supplying the Lyrids shower comes from a comet named \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/c-1861-g1-thatcher/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">C/1861 G1, or Thatcher\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/l/Long-period+Comets#:~:text=Long%2Dperiod%20comets%20have%20orbital,known%20as%20the%20Oort%20Cloud.\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">long-period\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” comet that orbits the sun every 415 years and last passed by the inner solar system more than 160 years ago. Even so, the dust left behind in its wake persists, and every year when Earth passes through it, we can enjoy the Lyrids shower. \u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Find a dark spot in the predawn of Friday, April 22, and you can watch the annual Lyrids meteor shower flash through the sky over a string of planets. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846271,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":761},"headData":{"title":"Here's How to See the Lyrids Meteor Shower Plus a Dramatic Lineup of Planets This Month | KQED","description":"Find a dark spot in the predawn of Friday, April 22, and you can watch the annual Lyrids meteor shower flash through the sky over a string of planets. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Here's How to See the Lyrids Meteor Shower Plus a Dramatic Lineup of Planets This Month","datePublished":"2022-04-15T13:01:03.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:24:31.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Astronomy","sticky":false,"nprByline":"Ben Burress","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/science/1978856/heres-how-to-see-the-lyrids-meteor-shower-plus-a-dramatic-lineup-of-planets-this-month","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are you doing between midnight and dawn on April 22? Sleeping? There’s a better option: Watch the annual Lyrids meteor shower, and catch up on sleep later.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the early morning hours of Friday, April 22, especially in the last few hours before dawn, the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/lyrids.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyrids shower\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will reach its peak of activity, producing as many as 18 meteors per hour under good viewing conditions and a dark sky. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s one meteor every three minutes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do you watch the Lyrids?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meteor watching requires minimal planning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">First, find a safe viewing location as far from city lights and overhead obstructions as possible. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second, plan your viewing for after midnight — best in the last hours before dawn. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And third, bring a snack and a hot beverage, and something comfortable to sit or lie down on.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you live in or around the cities of the Bay, you may have to travel a bit to find a spot shielded from urban lights. Fortunately, the Bay Area is fringed with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">decent viewing locations\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> protected by surrounding topography — nothing like you can find far out in the country, but better than downtown San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978878\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1978878\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-800x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-800x269.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-1020x343.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-160x54.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-768x259.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-1536x517.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-2048x689.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/low-fog-1920x646.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low fog partially blanketing the city lights of Oakland and San Francisco, as seen from Chabot Space and Science Center. Urban light pollution is caused by particles in the atmosphere that reflect city lights back to the ground, interfering with our viewing enjoyment of faint celestial objects, like stars and meteors. \u003ccite>(Carter Roberts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyrid meteors streak from a point near the constellation \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://stardate.org/astro-guide/lyra-harp-0\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyra\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, their namesake. After midnight, Lyra will be high in the eastern sky, marked by the bright star Vega, one of the luminary members of the\u003c/span> \u003ca href=\"https://earthsky.org/tonight/summer-triangle-predominates-during-the-summer-seaso/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Triangle\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you find your viewing spot, get comfortable and look toward the east. Though the meteors will radiate from the direction of Lyra, their streaks can appear anywhere, so anchor your sight on Vega, but soften your gaze to see as much of the sky as you can. Now, wait for your reward. Seeing even one shooting star is a thrill. Then, wait for another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Lyrids shower also has been known to produce \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">fireballs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> — \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/listening-to-fireballs-the-explosively-brilliant-m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exploding meteors\u003c/a> — that look like quick, bright bursts of light. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the morning of the Lyrids shower offers a dramatic display from the planets in our solar system. You can spot a lineup of Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn, gradually rising around 4:30 to 5:00 a.m., strung out along the southeastern horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1033px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1978882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1033\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732.jpg 1033w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/lyrids_shower_radiant-e1648668475732-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How the southeastern sky will look around 4 a.m. on April 22, 2022, with Lyrid meteors appearing to streak from the radiant point. Also in the sky are the waning gibbous moon and the planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn. \u003ccite>(Map made at Chabot Space and Science Center using Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The waning gibbous moon will rise around 1 a.m. and climb higher in the eastern sky for the rest of the night. Moonlight will wash out some of the fainter meteors, but won’t prevent you from seeing the brighter ones. \u003c/span>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where do meteors come from?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteor\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a tiny bit of space rock or metal incinerated in a flash as it streaks through Earth’s upper atmosphere, at speeds of tens of miles per second. Usually no larger than pebbles, meteors can put on a brilliant light show, sometimes even revealing color — orange, blue or green — depending on composition and temperature.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1978877\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2471px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1978877\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2471\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-scaled.jpg 2471w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-800x829.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-1020x1057.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-160x166.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-768x796.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-1482x1536.jpg 1482w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-1977x2048.jpg 1977w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/03/meteors-leonids-carter-roberts-train1-2126-1920x1989.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2471px) 100vw, 2471px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Composite photograph of meteors from the annual Leonids meteor shower, which takes place in November. \u003ccite>(Carter Roberts/Eastbay Astronomical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteor shower\u003c/span>\u003c/a> happens when the Earth moves through a trail of dust left behind by the passage of a \u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">comet\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. As Earth slams into the dust trail at its orbital speed of 18 miles per second, the friction vaporizes the dust grains.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We see meteor showers under morning skies when we’re on the side of the Earth plowing into the comet’s dust trail — inconvenient if you’d like to get a good night’s sleep, but a spectacular show.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The dust trail supplying the Lyrids shower comes from a comet named \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/c-1861-g1-thatcher/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">C/1861 G1, or Thatcher\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/l/Long-period+Comets#:~:text=Long%2Dperiod%20comets%20have%20orbital,known%20as%20the%20Oort%20Cloud.\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">long-period\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” comet that orbits the sun every 415 years and last passed by the inner solar system more than 160 years ago. Even so, the dust left behind in its wake persists, and every year when Earth passes through it, we can enjoy the Lyrids shower. \u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1978856/heres-how-to-see-the-lyrids-meteor-shower-plus-a-dramatic-lineup-of-planets-this-month","authors":["byline_science_1978856"],"categories":["science_28","science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_145","science_4414","science_2648"],"featImg":"science_1978880","label":"source_science_1978856"},"science_1971178":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1971178","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1971178","score":null,"sort":[1605926255000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"once-in-a-lifetime-comet-is-visible-now-in-pre-dawn-sky","title":"Once-in-a-Lifetime Comet Is Visible Now in Pre-Dawn Sky","publishDate":1605926255,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Once-in-a-Lifetime Comet Is Visible Now in Pre-Dawn Sky | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you thought 2020’s surprises were over, hold on. There’s one more winging toward us before we can finally close — and shred — this year’s calendar. But this one is a welcome surprise: a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">comet\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> you may be able to see with your own eyes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How to See the Comet\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through the end of November, comet \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/2020S3\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“C/2020 S3,” or Erasmus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, can be found low in the sky over the southeastern horizon in the hour or so before dawn. Though it is not very bright, and you may need a pair of binoculars to see it, you can use the bright nearby planet \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/overview/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Venus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as a guide.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By about 5:30 a.m., Venus and Erasmus will have risen high enough above the horizon to spot, assuming there are no obstructions such as trees or buildings to your east. If you can see Venus above the skyline, then you have a shot at the comet. And Venus is hard to miss; it’s the brightest thing in the sky at this time — in fact, only the sun and moon are brighter than Venus.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1971173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 792px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1971173 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/comet-erasmus-nov23-stellarium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/comet-erasmus-nov23-stellarium.jpg 792w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/comet-erasmus-nov23-stellarium-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/comet-erasmus-nov23-stellarium-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The positions of Venus, the bright star Spica (up and right from Venus), and Comet Erasmus (red crosshair) around Nov. 23. Over the days to follow, the comet will gradually move downward and to the left as it heads toward its close encounter with the sun on Dec. 12. \u003ccite>(Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facing southeast, start with Venus, and then look about 15 degrees to its right — about the width of your hand spread fully open, from thumb to pinky tip. That’s about where comet Erasmus will be.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you don’t see it with your eyes — \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">light pollution\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or haze can make this difficult — and if you have binoculars, try scanning the area with them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under good dark conditions, you should be able to spot a faint smudge of light like a cotton ball against the night sky. If you still can’t see it, relax your eyes a bit, and try \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/TTKReadyObserve.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">averting your gaze\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to either side. Your eyes are more sensitive to faint light when you look at something off center, indirectly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twilight will seep in as it gets closer to 6 a.m., and eventually the comet will become lost in the glow. With each passing night, as the comet approaches the sun, it will sink lower on the horizon, rising later and eventually departing the night sky completely.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Once In 2,500 Years\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">C/2020 S3 Erasmus was discovered on Sept. 17 by \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://cometografia.es/cometas-visibles/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nicolas Erasmus, from an observatory on Mauna Loa, Hawaii\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Since then it has been traveling closer to the sun, and will reach its nearest point, called perihelion, on Dec. 12, just inside the orbit of Mercury. We won’t see it then, since it will be on the far side of the sun and completely lost in the glare of daytime.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1971187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1971187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/c2020s3erasmus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/c2020s3erasmus.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/c2020s3erasmus-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/c2020s3erasmus-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram shows the orbit of comet C/2020 S3 Erasmus as it makes its closest approach to the sun on Dec. 12, after passing a comfortable distance away from Earth. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Erasmus likely originated in the distant “halo” of dust, ice, and cometary bodies called the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oort Cloud\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which surrounds our solar system and extends halfway to the nearest star.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Estimates of Erasmus’ orbital period vary, but NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Dynamics system pegs it at 2,512 years, plus or minus 105 years. The uncertainty is not uncommon for long-period Oort Cloud comets with highly eccentric orbits — in any case, the chance of witnessing Erasmus’ passage is literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Another Disaster for 2020\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In ancient times, comets were considered \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://phys.org/news/2013-11-comets-role-history-civilization.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bad omens\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> foretelling cataclysmic events, the deaths of rulers, or other calamities. The word “disaster” comes from “dis,” a pejorative, and “astro,” star, or “bad star.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1971174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 759px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1971174\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/great-comet-of-1680-Lieve-Verschuier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/great-comet-of-1680-Lieve-Verschuier.jpg 759w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/great-comet-of-1680-Lieve-Verschuier-160x126.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A painting of the Great Comet of 1680, at a time when comets were still seen as bad omens and portents of disaster. \u003ccite>(Lieve Verschuier)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Were a comet to collide with Earth — and they have in the past — it would certainly be a disaster, so maybe the ancients were onto something. Fortunately, Erasmus will not come close to Earth, and after December will be heading away, not to return for more than two thousand years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, relax. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Comet Erasmus last whirled by 2,500 years ago. You need to get up before the sun for this rare opportunity.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704846930,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":750},"headData":{"title":"Once-in-a-Lifetime Comet Is Visible Now in Pre-Dawn Sky | KQED","description":"Comet Erasmus last whirled by 2,500 years ago. You need to get up before the sun for this rare opportunity.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Once-in-a-Lifetime Comet Is Visible Now in Pre-Dawn Sky","datePublished":"2020-11-21T02:37:35.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:35:30.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Astronomy","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1971178/once-in-a-lifetime-comet-is-visible-now-in-pre-dawn-sky","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you thought 2020’s surprises were over, hold on. There’s one more winging toward us before we can finally close — and shred — this year’s calendar. But this one is a welcome surprise: a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">comet\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> you may be able to see with your own eyes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How to See the Comet\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through the end of November, comet \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/2020S3\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“C/2020 S3,” or Erasmus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, can be found low in the sky over the southeastern horizon in the hour or so before dawn. Though it is not very bright, and you may need a pair of binoculars to see it, you can use the bright nearby planet \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/overview/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Venus\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as a guide.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By about 5:30 a.m., Venus and Erasmus will have risen high enough above the horizon to spot, assuming there are no obstructions such as trees or buildings to your east. If you can see Venus above the skyline, then you have a shot at the comet. And Venus is hard to miss; it’s the brightest thing in the sky at this time — in fact, only the sun and moon are brighter than Venus.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1971173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 792px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1971173 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/comet-erasmus-nov23-stellarium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/comet-erasmus-nov23-stellarium.jpg 792w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/comet-erasmus-nov23-stellarium-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/comet-erasmus-nov23-stellarium-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The positions of Venus, the bright star Spica (up and right from Venus), and Comet Erasmus (red crosshair) around Nov. 23. Over the days to follow, the comet will gradually move downward and to the left as it heads toward its close encounter with the sun on Dec. 12. \u003ccite>(Stellarium)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facing southeast, start with Venus, and then look about 15 degrees to its right — about the width of your hand spread fully open, from thumb to pinky tip. That’s about where comet Erasmus will be.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you don’t see it with your eyes — \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">light pollution\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or haze can make this difficult — and if you have binoculars, try scanning the area with them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under good dark conditions, you should be able to spot a faint smudge of light like a cotton ball against the night sky. If you still can’t see it, relax your eyes a bit, and try \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/TTKReadyObserve.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">averting your gaze\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to either side. Your eyes are more sensitive to faint light when you look at something off center, indirectly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twilight will seep in as it gets closer to 6 a.m., and eventually the comet will become lost in the glow. With each passing night, as the comet approaches the sun, it will sink lower on the horizon, rising later and eventually departing the night sky completely.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Once In 2,500 Years\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">C/2020 S3 Erasmus was discovered on Sept. 17 by \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://cometografia.es/cometas-visibles/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nicolas Erasmus, from an observatory on Mauna Loa, Hawaii\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Since then it has been traveling closer to the sun, and will reach its nearest point, called perihelion, on Dec. 12, just inside the orbit of Mercury. We won’t see it then, since it will be on the far side of the sun and completely lost in the glare of daytime.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1971187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1971187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/c2020s3erasmus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/c2020s3erasmus.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/c2020s3erasmus-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/c2020s3erasmus-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram shows the orbit of comet C/2020 S3 Erasmus as it makes its closest approach to the sun on Dec. 12, after passing a comfortable distance away from Earth. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Erasmus likely originated in the distant “halo” of dust, ice, and cometary bodies called the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oort Cloud\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which surrounds our solar system and extends halfway to the nearest star.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Estimates of Erasmus’ orbital period vary, but NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Dynamics system pegs it at 2,512 years, plus or minus 105 years. The uncertainty is not uncommon for long-period Oort Cloud comets with highly eccentric orbits — in any case, the chance of witnessing Erasmus’ passage is literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Another Disaster for 2020\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In ancient times, comets were considered \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://phys.org/news/2013-11-comets-role-history-civilization.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bad omens\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> foretelling cataclysmic events, the deaths of rulers, or other calamities. The word “disaster” comes from “dis,” a pejorative, and “astro,” star, or “bad star.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1971174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 759px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1971174\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/great-comet-of-1680-Lieve-Verschuier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/great-comet-of-1680-Lieve-Verschuier.jpg 759w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/11/great-comet-of-1680-Lieve-Verschuier-160x126.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A painting of the Great Comet of 1680, at a time when comets were still seen as bad omens and portents of disaster. \u003ccite>(Lieve Verschuier)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Were a comet to collide with Earth — and they have in the past — it would certainly be a disaster, so maybe the ancients were onto something. Fortunately, Erasmus will not come close to Earth, and after December will be heading away, not to return for more than two thousand years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, relax. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1971178/once-in-a-lifetime-comet-is-visible-now-in-pre-dawn-sky","authors":["6180"],"categories":["science_28","science_40","science_4450"],"tags":["science_145","science_4414"],"featImg":"science_1971191","label":"source_science_1971178"},"science_1968059":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1968059","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1968059","score":null,"sort":[1597068031000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-months-of-isolation-maybe-you-can-use-a-shower-the-perseids-are-back","title":"After Months of Isolation, Maybe You Can Use a Shower -- The Perseids are Back!","publishDate":1597068031,"format":"standard","headTitle":"After Months of Isolation, Maybe You Can Use a Shower — The Perseids are Back! | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you’re stir-crazy from months of social distancing and sheltering at home, we have some good news: the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/perseids/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perseid meteor shower\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is back! It’s a chance to break from your routine, get outside, and see something beautiful in the night sky.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the most reliable annual showers, the Perseids offer an abundance of bright \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteors\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> — visible despite urban light pollution or moonlight.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Perseid shower typically lasts from July 23 to Aug. 22, though the peak activity takes place between Aug. 11 and 13. The best time to see them is during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 12. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>After Midnight \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meteor watching is best done from a place with dark skies, away from city lights. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Urban light pollution\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will outshine the fainter streaks and reduce the number of meteors you can spot. But at the Perseids’ peak rate of 50-60 per hour, you shouldn’t have to wait long to glimpse one of the brighter meteors.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After midnight, find a safe viewing location with an unobstructed view of the northeastern horizon, to the left of where the sun normally rises, and get comfortable. (To get it dialed in, there are free \u003ca href=\"https://www.soutdoors.com/best-compass-app/\">compass apps\u003c/a> you can download for your phone.)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The meteors will radiate from the direction of their namesake constellation, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/perseus-constellation/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perseus,\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> above the northeast horizon. Center your view on Perseus, located below the more familiar “W” of the constellation Cassiopeia, but pay attention to as much of the sky as you can, since a meteor may appear at any time, anywhere in the sky. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1968112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/PerseidRadiant-stellarium-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/PerseidRadiant-stellarium-1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/PerseidRadiant-stellarium-1-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/PerseidRadiant-stellarium-1-768x383.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After midnight on August 12, look to the northeast to view the area of the sky where Perseid meteors will appear to come from. The “radiant point” of this shower, the spot where they appear to radiate from, is just above the bright stars of the constellation Perseus, and below the familiar “W” shape of the constellation Cassiopeia. \u003ccite>(Ben Burress (created using Stellarium software))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year the Third Quarter moon will be in the sky for most of the morning hours, rising around 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 12. Though not as bright as during its Full phase, the moon’s light will compete somewhat with your meteor watching, but it certainly won’t spoil the show.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the moon doesn’t rise until 12:30 a.m., there’s a half-hour window just after midnight when the sky should be quite dark, so that may be the best time for meteor watching. But, you’ll be able to see the Perseids until dawn. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you miss the first night, you can still catch the show on the following morning of Aug. 13. The waning moon will be less bright, and will rise later, around 1 a.m., offering an even bigger window to see some Perseids flash across the sky.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dark Secrets\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if you live in the city, you may know a good place, not too far away, where you can escape from the urban lights and find darker skies. Wherever you go, consider taking a buddy and a flashlight, and remember to stay safe. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1968035 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA.jpg 946w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Perseid meteor captured on camera from the International Space Station — perhaps the ultimate place to observe a meteor shower. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">few locations around the Bay Area\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> include Mount Diablo, the Sunol area, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=561\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Henry Coe State Park\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the South Bay, and along Skyline Boulevard on the Peninsula. There are great spots in the less populated Sonoma and Napa areas as well. Of course, be sure to check if there are any COVID-19 closures or restrictions in any location you choose. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And though there are some good coastal areas away from city lights, they are often foggy this time of year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>You Snooze, You Lose\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meteors, or “shooting stars,” are caused by tiny specks of rock and metal from space burning up in Earth’s atmosphere. Most meteors are incinerated at altitudes of 40 or 50 miles above Earth’s surface and never come close to the ground.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/meteor-shower/en/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteor shower\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> occurs when the Earth moves through a stream of dust particles left behind by a comet that cruised near Earth at some time in the past.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1968033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-800x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-800x618.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-1020x788.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-768x593.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The orbital paths of planets of the inner solar system, and the orbital path of comet Swift-Tuttle, along which is the stream of dust the comet left in its wake, and the source of the Perseid meteor shower. We see the Perseids at the same time each year when Earth returns to the point in its orbit that crosses the comet’s dust stream. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is after midnight that we are on the side of the Earth that’s moving into the dust stream, allowing us to see the meteors. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think of riding in a car traveling down a freeway, when suddenly the car plows through a swarm of flying bugs. You only see the bug streaks on the side of the car facing its direction of motion — the windshield — and not the rear window.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Comet Dust\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each of the annual meteor showers — the Perseids, the Leonids, the Geminids, and others — come from a dust stream left behind by a different comet. We see a given meteor shower at the same time each year, when the revolving Earth returns to the point in its orbit where the dust stream is located. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comets that leave these dust streams originate far out in space, in the cold regions of the solar system around Neptune and beyond, and only pass by Earth every few decades or centuries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1968034 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/swift-tuttle-nasa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/swift-tuttle-nasa.jpg 650w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/swift-tuttle-nasa-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image of comet Swift-Tuttle taken in 1992, the last time the comet passed through the inner solar system. This comet will not return until the year 2126. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parent comet of the Perseids is called \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/109p-swift-tuttle/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swift-Tuttle\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, named after Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle, who discovered it in 1862. Swift-Tuttle orbits the sun once every 133 years, and last passed close to us in 1992. At its greatest distance from the sun, the comet travels farther out than dwarf planet Pluto, located in the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think about this as you wait to see your next shooting star: every meteor you are privileged to see is an ancient grain of dust that a comet carried to us from billions of miles out in space. After traveling through space for billions of years, since the solar system was formed, you see it for an instant, and then it’s gone in a flash! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most reliable showers, reaches peak activity between August 11 and 13. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704847107,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1130},"headData":{"title":"After Months of Isolation, Maybe You Can Use a Shower -- The Perseids are Back! | KQED","description":"The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most reliable showers, reaches peak activity between August 11 and 13. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"After Months of Isolation, Maybe You Can Use a Shower -- The Perseids are Back!","datePublished":"2020-08-10T14:00:31.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:38:27.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Astronomy","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1968059/after-months-of-isolation-maybe-you-can-use-a-shower-the-perseids-are-back","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you’re stir-crazy from months of social distancing and sheltering at home, we have some good news: the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/perseids/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perseid meteor shower\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is back! It’s a chance to break from your routine, get outside, and see something beautiful in the night sky.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the most reliable annual showers, the Perseids offer an abundance of bright \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=id+asc&search=&condition_1=meteor_shower%3Abody_type\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteors\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> — visible despite urban light pollution or moonlight.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Perseid shower typically lasts from July 23 to Aug. 22, though the peak activity takes place between Aug. 11 and 13. The best time to see them is during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 12. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>After Midnight \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meteor watching is best done from a place with dark skies, away from city lights. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Urban light pollution\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will outshine the fainter streaks and reduce the number of meteors you can spot. But at the Perseids’ peak rate of 50-60 per hour, you shouldn’t have to wait long to glimpse one of the brighter meteors.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After midnight, find a safe viewing location with an unobstructed view of the northeastern horizon, to the left of where the sun normally rises, and get comfortable. (To get it dialed in, there are free \u003ca href=\"https://www.soutdoors.com/best-compass-app/\">compass apps\u003c/a> you can download for your phone.)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The meteors will radiate from the direction of their namesake constellation, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/perseus-constellation/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perseus,\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> above the northeast horizon. Center your view on Perseus, located below the more familiar “W” of the constellation Cassiopeia, but pay attention to as much of the sky as you can, since a meteor may appear at any time, anywhere in the sky. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1968112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/PerseidRadiant-stellarium-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/PerseidRadiant-stellarium-1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/PerseidRadiant-stellarium-1-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/PerseidRadiant-stellarium-1-768x383.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After midnight on August 12, look to the northeast to view the area of the sky where Perseid meteors will appear to come from. The “radiant point” of this shower, the spot where they appear to radiate from, is just above the bright stars of the constellation Perseus, and below the familiar “W” shape of the constellation Cassiopeia. \u003ccite>(Ben Burress (created using Stellarium software))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year the Third Quarter moon will be in the sky for most of the morning hours, rising around 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 12. Though not as bright as during its Full phase, the moon’s light will compete somewhat with your meteor watching, but it certainly won’t spoil the show.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the moon doesn’t rise until 12:30 a.m., there’s a half-hour window just after midnight when the sky should be quite dark, so that may be the best time for meteor watching. But, you’ll be able to see the Perseids until dawn. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you miss the first night, you can still catch the show on the following morning of Aug. 13. The waning moon will be less bright, and will rise later, around 1 a.m., offering an even bigger window to see some Perseids flash across the sky.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dark Secrets\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if you live in the city, you may know a good place, not too far away, where you can escape from the urban lights and find darker skies. Wherever you go, consider taking a buddy and a flashlight, and remember to stay safe. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1968035 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/579887main_iss028e024847_1600_946-710-PerseidMeteor-NASA.jpg 946w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Perseid meteor captured on camera from the International Space Station — perhaps the ultimate place to observe a meteor shower. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/quest/155/dark-secrets\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">few locations around the Bay Area\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> include Mount Diablo, the Sunol area, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=561\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Henry Coe State Park\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the South Bay, and along Skyline Boulevard on the Peninsula. There are great spots in the less populated Sonoma and Napa areas as well. Of course, be sure to check if there are any COVID-19 closures or restrictions in any location you choose. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And though there are some good coastal areas away from city lights, they are often foggy this time of year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>You Snooze, You Lose\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meteors, or “shooting stars,” are caused by tiny specks of rock and metal from space burning up in Earth’s atmosphere. Most meteors are incinerated at altitudes of 40 or 50 miles above Earth’s surface and never come close to the ground.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/meteor-shower/en/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">meteor shower\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> occurs when the Earth moves through a stream of dust particles left behind by a comet that cruised near Earth at some time in the past.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1968033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-800x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-800x618.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-1020x788.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL-768x593.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/orbit-viewer-snapshot-NASAJPL.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The orbital paths of planets of the inner solar system, and the orbital path of comet Swift-Tuttle, along which is the stream of dust the comet left in its wake, and the source of the Perseid meteor shower. We see the Perseids at the same time each year when Earth returns to the point in its orbit that crosses the comet’s dust stream. \u003ccite>(NASA/JPL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is after midnight that we are on the side of the Earth that’s moving into the dust stream, allowing us to see the meteors. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think of riding in a car traveling down a freeway, when suddenly the car plows through a swarm of flying bugs. You only see the bug streaks on the side of the car facing its direction of motion — the windshield — and not the rear window.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Comet Dust\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each of the annual meteor showers — the Perseids, the Leonids, the Geminids, and others — come from a dust stream left behind by a different comet. We see a given meteor shower at the same time each year, when the revolving Earth returns to the point in its orbit where the dust stream is located. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comets that leave these dust streams originate far out in space, in the cold regions of the solar system around Neptune and beyond, and only pass by Earth every few decades or centuries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1968034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1968034 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/swift-tuttle-nasa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/swift-tuttle-nasa.jpg 650w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/08/swift-tuttle-nasa-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image of comet Swift-Tuttle taken in 1992, the last time the comet passed through the inner solar system. This comet will not return until the year 2126. \u003ccite>(NASA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parent comet of the Perseids is called \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/109p-swift-tuttle/in-depth/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swift-Tuttle\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, named after Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle, who discovered it in 1862. Swift-Tuttle orbits the sun once every 133 years, and last passed close to us in 1992. At its greatest distance from the sun, the comet travels farther out than dwarf planet Pluto, located in the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think about this as you wait to see your next shooting star: every meteor you are privileged to see is an ancient grain of dust that a comet carried to us from billions of miles out in space. 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