Astronomers believe a meteor shower could occur Monday night or Tuesday morning.
On Monday night, Earth will travel through the debris trails of a broken comet named 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann or SW3, for short, according to a NASA blog.
“Will the new #meteorshower be the tau Herculids putting on a spectacular show on the night of May 30-31?” “Maybe, maybe not,” NASA’s planetary science division tweeted.
The tau Herculids will put on a show May 30-31. Perhaps, but maybe not. But if you have clear weather, the moonless sky should be beautiful for stargazing anyway.Details: https://t.co/GzrnnIBkMDAll about meteors: https://t.co/SFZJQwdPxf pic.twitter.com/ShKZmc24Mc
According to NASA, North Americans have the best chance of seeing the meteor shower around 1 a.m. East Coast time or 10 p.m. West Coast time. You can also view the meteor shower via the Virtual Telescope Project.
Lee Mohon posted on NASA’s Watch The Skies blog, “We don’t know what we’ll see.” “We can only wish it’s spectacular.”