The Northern Taurids are at their peak on 11-12 November - but will the clouds part to let us see them?
Sky watchers are looking forward to the next meteor shower, the Northern Taurids, which are set to peak on 11-12 November.
Each time Encke returns to the inner solar system, its nucleus sheds ice and rock into space into a vast debris stream. When Earth passes through this debris the "comet crumbs" heat up as they enter our atmosphere and burn up in bright bursts of light. The Southern Taurids run from about 23 September to 12 November and peaked earlier this month. Northern Taurids stem from a nearby but slightly different stream and are active from about 13 October 13 to 2 December, peaking around 11-12 November.
The best time to view the Taurid meteor shower is around midnight when the shower's radiant , the Taurus constellation, is high in the sky.
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