{"id":26148,"date":"2014-05-23T17:30:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T23:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=26148"},"modified":"2016-05-07T10:33:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T16:33:09","slug":"tonight-camelopardalids-could-be-the-best-meteor-shower-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=26148","title":{"rendered":"TONIGHT! Camelopardalids could be the best meteor shower this year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All information from\u00a0Earth\/Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“When to watch, and who is best placed on Earth. The peak night of the shower is\u00a0\"4-308A1C87-1103951-800\"<\/a>predicted for May 23-24, 2014. Models suggest that the best viewing hours are between 6 and 8 UTC on May 24. That is between 2 and 4 a.m. EDT (1-3 a.m. CDT and so on \u2026 translate to your time zone here).”<\/p>\n

“Because of the time predicted for the meteor display, observers in southern Canada and the continental U.S. are especially well positioned to see the meteors in the early morning hours of May 24 (or late at night on May 23). Will the predictions hold true? They are not always 100% reliable, which is why, no matter where you are on Earth, this shower is worth a try around the night of May 23-24.”<\/p>\n

“The meteors will radiate from the constellation Camelopardalis (camelopard), a very obscure northern constellation. Its name is derived from early Rome, where it was thought of as a composite creature, described as having characteristics of both a camel and a leopard. Nowadays we call such a creature a giraffe! Since meteor in annual showers take their names from the constellation from which they appear to radiate \u2013 and since this meteor shower might become an annual event \u2013 people are already calling it the May Camelopardalids.”<\/p>\n

“This constellation \u2013 radiant point of the May 2014 meteor shower \u2013 is in the northern sky, close to the north celestial pole, making this meteor shower better for the Northern Hemisphere than the Southern Hemisphere.”<\/p>\n

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