Meteor Shower Night

October’s Draconid meteor shower – sometimes called the Giacobinids – radiates from the fiery mouth of the northern constellation Draco the Dragon, with the peak dates on the evenings of October 7-8, 2014, starting at nightfall. Because the radiant is located so far north on the sky’s dome, this shower favors temperate and far-northern latitudes, such as the U.S., Canada, Europe and northern Asia.

There’s a lunar eclipse on the night of October 7… will you see a Draconid meteor streaking along in the full moon’s glare before the eclipse? Or will you see one while the eclipse is taking place? This shower had an unusually rich peak in 2011, but meteor rates this year are expected to be back to normal, meaning only a handful of meteors each hour.

Source: EarthSky