By Erik Taylor, WMAR
BALTIMORE — A meteor shower is set to occur Thursday night into early Friday morning, with over 400 meteors per hour — but itap unclear if the shower will be a quick burst of shooting stars for the ages or a bust with just a few meager meteors gliding through the skies above.
The meteor shower is known as the Alpha Monocerotids. The shower gets its name from the Monoceros constellation, which lies southwest of the constellation Orion in the southeast sky.
On Thursday night, the shower will occur right above the horizon in the east to the southeast sky.
Up to 400 meters can be seen within a matter of 30 minutes, according to scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
As in years past, this show is unique in the sense of its uncertainty in regards to peak viewing. In 1995, an outburst of shooting stars led to a magnificent show — but year to year, itap never clear how many meteors will be visible.
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