{"id":961741,"date":"2026-11-12T11:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/961741\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:42:08","slug":"northern-taurids-offer-skywatchers-a-clear-view-without-moonlight-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/961741\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Taurids offer skywatchers a clear view without moonlight interference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\nTwo more meteor showers expected in 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Taurids are the fifth meteor shower included in NARIT&#8217;s list of notable events for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The year&#8217;s earlier displays began with the Lyrids on 22\u201323 April, which reached a maximum rate of approximately 18 meteors per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The Perseids followed on 12\u201313 August, with a maximum of 100 meteors per hour, while the Orionids occurred on 21\u201322 October at a peak rate of 20 meteors per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Taurids were the most recent display, occurring on 5\u20136 November with a maximum rate of 10 meteors per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Two further meteor showers remain on NARIT&#8217;s calendar this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Leonids are expected on 17\u201318 November, with a peak rate of approximately 15 meteors per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The final event will be the Geminids on 14\u201315 December, when the maximum rate could reach 150 meteors per hour, making them the most active shower on NARIT&#8217;s 2026 list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Two more meteor showers expected in 2026 The Northern Taurids are the fifth meteor shower included in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[305,64,63,1348,28290,144519,105411,128,300843],"class_list":["post-961741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-astronomy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-breaking-news","tag-meteor-shower","tag-moonlight","tag-narit","tag-science","tag-stargazers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}