{"id":22340,"date":"2021-12-22T23:56:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T15:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/the-last-meteor-shower-of-2021-peaks-tonight-but-keep-expectations-low\/"},"modified":"2021-12-22T23:56:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T15:56:04","slug":"the-last-meteor-shower-of-2021-peaks-tonight-but-keep-expectations-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/the-last-meteor-shower-of-2021-peaks-tonight-but-keep-expectations-low\/","title":{"rendered":"The last meteor shower of 2021 peaks tonight, but keep expectations low"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

\t<\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ursids, which remain active up until December 26, tend to peak annually around the time. This year the peak will be late at night on December 21 and into the morning of December 22. Unfortunately, it may be hard to see due to an almost full moon \u2013 bad timing for an already minor meteor shower.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s considered a \u201clow-key\u201d shower because of the small number of meteors that can be seen (approximately 5 to 10 per hour), it\u2019s also localized only to the Northern Hemisphere, according to EarthySky.org.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cIf you look from a Northern Hemisphere location around the time of the solstice, you\u2019ll find the Big Dipper and the star Kochab well up in the north-northeast at around 1 a.m. your local time. That\u2019s about the time of night you\u2019ll want to start<\/em> watching this meteor shower,\u201d EarthSky wrote on its website.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The shower is named the Ursids<\/em> because the meteors seem to radiate from the direction of the constellation Ursa Minor, also known as the Little Bear, in the night sky.<\/p>\n

\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t