New Delhi: Sky-watchers all across North America may get to witness a brand new meteor shower that may light up the night sky. Though, the shower will not be visible in the rest of the world outside North America, you can watch a live stream of the event from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm IST on Saturday, May 24, on the embedded live stream in this post.
Scientists aren't sure yet how many shooting stars people may see, but the May Camelopardalids meteor shower could be at a dazzling one-per-minute rate.
The peak of the shower will be between 2 am and 4 am EDT (11:30 am to 1:30 am IST), but sky-watchers will still see meteors for several hours before and after those times.
This is the first time Earth will directly cross the dusty trails left behind by a recently discovered comet named Comet 209P/LINEAR. Discovered in 2004, this comet's path has been slowly altered by Jupiter's gravity over the last 200 years and the leftover dust will now cross Earth's path. The meteors will appear from the northern constellation Camelopardalis.
There are two more major meteor showers coming up this year - the Perseids on August 12-13 and the Geminids on December 13-14.
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