Most years the Alpha Monocerotids produce a modest display with just a handful of meteors.
This happened in 1925, 1935, 1985 and 1995, and according to meteor scientists Peter Jenniskens and Esko Lyytinen, it could happen again this year., Jenniskens and Lyytinen say the number of meteors any one observer could expect to see in a given hour could range from"maybe only about a hundred to even storm level," with an hourly rate of more than 1,000.
Constellations of Monoceros the Unicorn, Canis Major and Minor from A Celestial Atlas by Alexander Jamieson. The 1995 outburst helped pinpoint the radiant of the Alpha Moncerotids, which lies within the borders of the constellation known as Canis Minor, near the bright star Procyon.Not everyone is convinced the display will be quite as impressive as the paper and some media headlines would suggest.
"That's just a tad closer than we got back in 1995, when the observed...rate was about 400 per hour. And it's why the forecast rate is so high—closer means the same intensity or better."The Alpha Moncerotids appear to radiate from the constellation Monoceros, which is Greek for"unicorn.
"If the moon is above the horizon from your location then move your view more toward the west to keep it out of your field of view."
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