Northern lights may be visible Wed. night
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The meteor shower has produced an increasing number of fireballs, which are large explosions of light and color, each year, as previously reported by USA TODAY. If the skies are clear, the shower is expected to display its best show for stargazers, with meteors streaking across the sky, according to Space.com.
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Look up, Suncoast! Tonight’s rocket launch will light up the northeast sky
Tonight’s launch will paint the sky with a bright orange flame and a long glowing plume as the rocket climbs. On especially dry nights, the exhaust trail sticks around and spreads into a beautiful “twilight jellyfish” shape. a fan favorite on social media.
The dazzling display is expected to feature up to 15 meteors per hour whizzing by at 44 miles per second, from late Sunday into early Monday.
Look to the east after sunset on a clear winter night and you’ll spot a bright, tightly packed collection of stars. That’s the Pleiades, a star cluster 445 light-years from Earth that has inspired both myth and measurement for centuries.