Meteor Shower Michigan

On the night of tuesday july 28 into the early morning hours of wednesday july 29 metro detroiters should be able to view two meteor showers.

Meteor shower michigan. 2020 meteor showers calendar. Saturday october 17 7p m. Click and drag to explore other parts of the sky.

The interactive meteor shower sky map shows the position of the radiant in the night sky above any location. The southern delta aquarids in addition to the alpha capricornids. For stargazers mid august is one of the most magical times of the year.

The annual perseid meteor shower is known as the fireball champion of meteor showers and can be seen over michigan for most of august. They occur every year between july 17 and august 24 and tend to peak around august 9 13. Aug 6 2020 9 06 a m et.

That s when the annual perseid meteor shower occurs a celestial show that on its peak nights has 50 to 100 meteors. At that time two meteor showers should be visible in the area. Weather 2020 guide to meteor showers supermoons in michigan quadrantids start 2020 off with a display of up to 100 blazing blue shooting stars an hour and four supermoons are on the lunar calendar.

Each year from early october to early november the meteor shower of the constellation orion lights up the sky producing about 10 20 meteors an. A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate or originate from one point in the night sky called radiant these meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering earth s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Meteor shower calendar 2020 2021.

Note that the meteor shower dates do not change much from year to year though the peak of a shower may vary by a day or two. Find viewing tips for the two biggies here. List of meteor showers.