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This Weekend The October Draconid Meteor Shower is Due
This weekend, a spectacular meteor shower may dazzle, but as astronomer Mark Thompson reports, never bet on the Draconids. They can deny us but they can also dazzle.
The best thing about meteor showers is that you need no equipment to observe them. Just wrap up warm, get outside on a comfortable chair, sit back and watch. The moon will be gibbous on the 8th so keep your back to the Moon to increase your chances of seeing the fainter ones meteors.
Wherever you are on the 8th, it’s worth keeping your eyes on the skies during the hours of darkness as meteors can be tricky little blighters to predict and you never know, maybe, just maybe, you will get to see nature’s very own firework spectacular.
Yes, the moon will be gibbous.
(via discoverynews)
