{"id":174180,"date":"2025-10-02T02:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174180\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:02:08","slug":"draconid-meteor-shower-to-be-visible-over-norfolk-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174180\/","title":{"rendered":"Draconid meteor shower to be visible over Norfolk in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Draconid meteor shower happens when the Earth passes through the debris of comet 21 P\/Giacobini-Zinner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This phenomenon occurs in October and can be seen from the northern hemisphere.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/24636793.draconid-meteor-shower-see-shooting-stars-week\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the meteor shower<\/a> will be active between October 6 and October 10, with the peak coming on October 8.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Most meteor showers are best seen in the early hours of the morning &#8211; but the Draconid is clearest in the evenings, just after nightfall.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25503618.ebay-king-charles-coin-selling-30k-great-yarmouth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Unique&#8217; King Charles coin on sale for more than \u00a330k<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Royal Museums Greenwich has said anyone hoping to catch a glimpse should head to a remote area with &#8220;dark skies, an unobstructed horizon and very little light pollution&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There will be a full moon on October 8, which is unfortunate as it means the sky will be brighter than normal at the time of the shower.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Make sure there are no direct sources of light in your eyes, so that you can fully adapt to the local conditions and ensure that fainter meteors become visible,&#8221; an expert from the museum said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;There\u2019s no advantage to using binoculars or a telescope; just look up to take in the widest possible view of the sky.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Draconid meteor shower happens when the Earth passes through the debris of comet 21 P\/Giacobini-Zinner. This phenomenon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-174180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}