Look, Up in the sky

[packman]

On Saturday night, look up - a meteor shower ,apparently, just for North America



Earth might might pass right through relatively dense streams of debris shed by the comet long ago. This could create a strong burst of "shooting stars" on May 24th.Several predictions suggest you might see anywhere from 100 to 200 meteors per hour from a dark location free of light pollution. That would mean a couple per minute on average. Some (but not all) dynamicists think there's even an outside chance that the celestial spectacle could briefly become a meteor "storm," with more than 1,000 arriving per hour! But it's also possible that the display might be weak, with just a few dozen meteors or fewer visible per hour even in a dark sky. In any case, a high proportion of the meteors may be bright. - See more at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/mays-surprise-meteor-shower/#sthash.yC517WxK.dpuf