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Potential Weekend Meteor Shower Will Pelt the Moon Too!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:12

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the shaded or speckled area indicates where May Camelopardalids can stoke the lunar surface. telescopic observers will want to point their telescopes to the shaded dark area at the top right of the lunar disk.

The speckled area shows where on the moon impacts from meteoroids from the new Camelopardalid meteor shower could occur. Telescopic observers should watch for possible impact flashes in the shaded area not lit by sunlight. Credit: Bill Cooke

If the hoped-for meteor blast materializes this Friday night / Saturday morning (May 23-24) Earth won’t be the only world getting peppered with debris strewn by comet 209P/LINEAR. The moon will zoom through the comet’s dusty filaments in tandem with us. Bill Cooke, lead for NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, alerts skywatchers to the possibility of lunar meteorite impacts starting around 9:30 p.m. CDT Friday night through 6 a.m. CDT (02:30-11 UTC) Saturday morning with a peak around 1-3 a.m. CDT (6-8 UTC). (…)
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