<\/p>\n 2025 happens to be a “swarm year” for the Southern Taurids, which could see the shower put on a particularly impressive show during the Nov. 4-5 peak, when up to 10 bright meteors may be visible each hour, sharing the skies with a near-full moon. However, the light from the moon may mean that only the brightest meteors will be visible.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Swarm years are thought to occur as Earth<\/a> passes through a region of Encke’s debris trail containing a mass of particularly large commentary fragments. “We encounter these larger meteors about twice a decade at irregular intervals,” American Meteor Society expert Robert Lunsford<\/a> told Space.com in an email. “Normal Taurid particles are usually the size of pea gravel with a few larger particles mixed in. The swarm particles are only the size of baseballs up to basketballs, but will appear as fireballs from the ground instead of normal meteors.”<\/p>\n \n Early November is the peak for the Southern Taurid meteor shower (Image credit: Chris Vaughan\/Starry Night)<\/p>\n A good time to look out for Southern Taurid meteors is in the hours following midnight on the days surrounding the shower’s peak, according to EarthSky.org<\/a>. Shooting stars associated with the shower will be visible streaking away from a point of origin called a radiant located in the constellation Taurus<\/a>, which rises above the horizon shortly after sunset and climbs to its highest point in the southern sky in the hours following midnight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n A red flashlight, warm clothing, a hot drink and a comfortable chair are useful during a night of meteor-hunting. (Image credit: Future)<\/a><\/p>\n Try to allow 30 minutes for your eyes to fully adjust to the dark – while attempting to avoid staring directly at the moon<\/a> – and pick out a patch of sky 40 degrees above the constellation Taurus, where the meteor trails will be the longest. Remember, the width of your clenched fist held at arm’s length accounts for roughly 10 degrees in the night sky.<\/p>\n Lunsford notes that Earth is passing through the outer edge of the swarm during the 2025 Southern Taurid peak, which will likely provide a less spectacular show compared to the previous swarm event in 2022. “So far though, fireball activity in October has been higher than normal, indicating that we may have underestimated the strength of this year’s display,” continued Lunsford. “Too bad a full moon occurs during the prime portion of this display. “<\/p>\n The next Southern Taurid swarm isn’t due to occur until 2032, so be sure to look up on Nov. 4-5 for a chance to catch a spectacular natural light show. Astronomers interested in capturing a fireball as it streaks through the night sky should read our guide to imaging shooting stars<\/a>, along with our roundups of the best cameras<\/a> and lenses for astrophotography<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editor’s Note: If you would capture a photo of a Taurid meteor and want to share it with Space.com’s readers, then please send your image(s), comments, name and location to spacephotos@space.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heads up stargazers! The Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks overnight on Nov. 4-5, when a flurry of bright…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-242100","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\/242100","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=242100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yJJD6rBfjbHVo2UU9adsR9.jpg\")
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