ScienceCasts: Meteors from Halley's Comet

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Earth is about to pass through a stream of dust from Halley's Comet, source of the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower. The show begins before sunrise on May 6th.

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[ItsTiedToAStick]

NOOOO I'M 1 YEAR TOO LATE!!!! Damn it

[VC106893]

Soooo, Im from North West europe (Netherlands), at what time should I go watch and in what direction mainly?

[BATGIRL792]

i will be 61 hopefully i will still be alive if i dont do drugs smoke  drink or anything stupid PLEASE LET ME LIVE UNTIL 2061 I AM BEGGING YOU

[Yotuel coruña]

es cada 72

[fastandfurioustokyo]

once every 76 years!

[docatomics]

☢☢☢ SkyCam Alert ☢☢☢

~Thursday morning, Jan.3rd,2013,

= probably during a few-hour period around 5 am PST (1300 UT)

[docatomics]

☢☢☢ SkyCam Alert ☢☢☢

~your second chance has arrived

=provided you managed to get untied ?

[docatomics]

☢☢☢ SkyCams Alert ☢☢☢

~Earth is about to pass through a stream of debris from 2003 EH1

=a comet fragment that produces the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. The shower peaks on Thursday morning, Jan.3rd,2013, probably during a few-hour period around 5 am PST (1300 UT). At maximum, as many as 100 meteors/hour could emerge from a radiant near Polaris, the north star.

+seek SpaceWeater . com for updated tracking & count details if your SkyView is ChemTrailed over or obscured by cloud, or MoonLight !

[grangeville46]

103 for me..

[EPICSAWSE]

I love how my name is based off this comet XD it will be special to see it for me