| Nearly every year we get some form of meteor | | | | 8-12 per hour for up to 28 hours. The Perseids in |
| shower showers. In 2005 we had the Perseids | | | | August on the 12-13 ought to be very good this |
| Meteor Shower, which was quite good and turned | | | | year, but the moon will be somewhat in the way |
| out to be a major shower, very impressive. In | | | | casting some light pollution during the peak and you |
| October of 2005 we had Draconids, which was | | | | can expect about 25 per hour or more. In October |
| observed over Asia and Eastern Europe, although it | | | | from the 20-22 will come the Orionids, this time the |
| was not a major event. There of course were other | | | | moon will be cooperating and allow for good visibility |
| notable showers, but not so spectacular. But in 2006 | | | | against a blackened sky for a good 25 per hour |
| we will witness some wonderful meteor showers.On | | | | between none some hours.The Leonids will arrive on |
| January third and forth we will see the Quadrantids, | | | | Novermber 19, as Earth travels thru left remnants of |
| the peak will be extremely brilliant and comparable to | | | | the Leonids Comet, the predictions are sketchy, yet |
| the Perseids and Geminids. The rates of meteors per | | | | some say we may get to see as many as 100 per |
| hour are not easily predicted with Quadrantids, yet | | | | hour, that will truly be worth watching indeed. And |
| many scientists and studiers of such believe this year | | | | rounding out the year in 2006 will be the Geminids, |
| will be something special perhaps as high as 85 to 100 | | | | which will be at its best on December 13-14, again |
| per hour during the peak.Then on April 22-23 we will | | | | with one hundred per hour maximums. The Geminids |
| get the Lyrids Meteor Shower, which is not as | | | | are known for their often various colors of Yellow, |
| spectacular but 20-25 per hour for the maximum and | | | | Green and Blue. This meteor shower will extend thru |
| peak is not untypical. Then around the corner on May | | | | Pearl Harbor Day to the seventh of December and it |
| 6 we will have the Eta Aquarids, with up to 55 per | | | | is especially excellent during the 13-14 of December, |
| hour, but generally if you get to witness 12 per hour | | | | so be sure to mark your 2006 Calendar. 2006 is your |
| you are doing quite well. July 28-30 comes the South | | | | year to make a wish, so think on it and be ready. |
| Delta Aquarids, which are notable as you can expect | | | | |