Get ready for tons of meteor showers that you might want to plan a full camping trip for! This year's meteor showers will occur on April 22-23 (Lyrids meteor shower), May 6-7 (Eta Aquarids meteor shower), July 28-29 (Delta Aquarids meteor shower), Aug. 12-13 (Perseids meteor shower), Oct. 7 (Draconids meteor shower), Oct. 21-22 (Orionids meteor shower), Nov. 4-5 (Taurids meteor shower), Nov. 17-18 (Leonids meteor shower), Dec. 13-14 (Geminids meteor shower), and Dec. 21-22 (Ursids meteor shower). Produced by debris left behind by comets and asteroids, each of these meteor showers ranges from 10-120 meteors per hour, and the lightest showers will only be seem from a dark location after midnight (preferably accompanied by a dark new moon). The Geminids meteor shower on Dec. 13-14 will be the most powerful, shooting 120 multicolored meteors per hour from the Gemini constellation, so get ready for an early holiday present this year in the sky!
