{"id":4507,"date":"2018-12-11T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T14:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2018-12-12T11:44:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:44:31","slug":"thursday-will-see-biggest-meteor-shower-of-the-year-over-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4507","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Will See Biggest Meteor Shower of the Year over Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This Thursday sees the biggest meteor shower of the year over Ireland, called “The Geminids” with up to 50 times more shooting stars than a normal night are expected.<\/p>\n

This has been described as “a wonderful natural celestial fireworks display” by David Moore, Editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine.<\/p>\n

These shooting stars are tiny pieces of dust in space that slam into Earth at speeds of up to 100,000 mph.<\/p>\n

“The Geminids is now the most active meteor shower each year so everyone should go out and view it, just wrap up well – there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing, they say,” said Mr Moore.<\/p>\n

“The best equipment to view this natural spectacle is the human eye, so you don’t need any binoculars and certainly not a telescope.<\/p>\n

“In fact, the best piece of equipment to use is a deck chair or sun lounger so you can lie back comfortably and watch the meteors streak across the sky in comfort! ” he said.<\/p>\n

“We are asking members of the public to count how many they see every 15 minutes and send in their counts via our website www.astronomy.ie<\/a> as it is the general public who keep an annual eye on meteor showers and allow us to forecast when the best ones occur.” he said<\/p>\n

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