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Meteor showers will light up the night sky on New Year’s weekend – Sunday Vision
Star-watchers will be able to catch a glimpse of this weekend’s quadruple meteor showers, which are illuminating the sky with up to 200 bright stars every
Star-watchers will be able to catch a glimpse of this weekend’s quadruple meteor showers, which are illuminating the sky with up to 200 bright stars every hour.
The annual meteor shower runs every year between December 28 and January 12, but in 2021 the best views in the UK will be after dark on January 2 and 3.
Tetrahedron meteors are known to produce between 50 and 200 meteors per hour on a clear night, and NASA has described them as one of the best annual meteor showers.
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