{"id":3490,"date":"2019-11-21T10:24:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:32:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:32:03","slug":"alpha-monocerotids-20191122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/alpha-monocerotids-20191122\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Monocerotids  &#8211; Possible Meteor Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ebost\" data-offset-key=\"eaouo-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eaouo-0-0\">\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"eaouo-0-0\">It is predicted that there could be an outburst, or even a storm of the Alpha Monocerotids meteor shower tomorrow morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The outburst is predicted to be at 04:50 tomorrow morning and may last for only 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ebost\" data-offset-key=\"132dm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"132dm-0-0\">\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"132dm-0-0\">The last outburst observed in 1995 saw 700 meteors per hour!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The thick crescent Moon will interfere a little bit, but shouldn&#8217;t spoil things too much, that&#8217;s if we get some clear skies, of course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ebost\" data-offset-key=\"65ebu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"65ebu-0-0\">\n<p>No telescope is required, just get out at the predicted time and <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>KEEP LOOKING UP<\/strong><\/span> as the meteors could appear in any part of the sky.<br \/>\nMore details on the Sky &amp; Telescope Web page:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/astronomy-news\/observing-news\/intense-meteor-outburst-expected-alpha-monocerotids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/astronomy-news\/observing-news\/intense-meteor-outburst-expected-alpha-monocerotids<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"65ebu-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"65ebu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"65ebu-0-0\">Have fun folks.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"65ebu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"65ebu-0-0\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/astronomy-news\/observing-news\/intense-meteor-outburst-expected-alpha-monocerotids\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s22380.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alpha_Monocerotid_Radiant_1200px-768x603.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"603\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ebost\" data-offset-key=\"cvbio-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cvbio-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is predicted that there could be an outburst, or even a storm of the Alpha Monocerotids meteor shower tomorrow morning. The outburst is predicted to be at 04:50 tomorrow morning and may last for only 15 minutes. The last outburst observed in 1995 saw 700 meteors per hour! The thick crescent Moon will interfere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Alpha Monocerotids - Possible Meteor Storm - Star-Gazing","description":"It is predicted that there could be an outburst, or even a storm of the Alpha Monocerotids meteor shower tomorrow morning. 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