Meteor Shower Tonight
Meteor Shower Tonight:The meteor shower forecast for tonight—the peak of the yearly Draconids display—calls for no far more than a drizzle, although a manufacturer new moon will provide perfect viewing conditions.
Next year, though, sky-watchers ought to be prepared for any Draconids downpour, forecasters say.
A new model introduced this week predicts that in 2011, Earth will sweep right through the center of a debris trail left at the rear of by the comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, creating a Draconids shower that's closer to a storm.
At peak, the 2011 Draconids may produce up to two meteors a minute, the model suggests.
If the prediction is right, this will be the very first major Draconids outburst considering that 1998 and the last we're heading to determine until 2032, said Jérémie Vaubaillon of France's Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE).
"I wish that my prediction will underestimate the level we are heading to see, because [a Draconids outburst can be] just a brilliant thing," Vaubaillon informed national Geographic news on Wednesday during a getting together with of the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences in Pasadena, California.
"If you've actually observed the Perseids in August—it's heading for being like twice that amount, at least!"
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