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When viewing deep-sky objects, most appear static within the timescales of human observers. However, there are exceptions, such as supernovas exploding in distant galaxies, eclipsing binaries and the expanding crab nebula.

In the wake of the media reporting that the Tau Herculids meteor shower could become a meteor storm, many people were disappointed. Some asked when the next meteor storm would occur. In this article, I will explain what a meteor storm is and when the next one is likely to occur.

Alex Larsen from Minnesota saw one hundred twenty meteors during the peak of the Tau Herculid shower on the night of the 30th to 31st of May.

Chris Finch from North Carolina saw no meteors during the peak of the Tau Herculid shower on the night of the 30th to 31st of May.

Christopher Hall from Pennsylvania saw ten meteors per hour during the peak of the Tau Herculid shower. 

Abdulrahman Saeed from Saudi Arabia saw nine over four hours from 11 PM to 2 AM over the peak of the Tau Herculid shower on the night of the 30th to 31st of May. 

Catherine Ryan Hyde from California saw less than one meteor per hour during the peak of the Tau Herculid shower on the night of the 30th to 31st of May.

In this article we will cover how to observe an eclipsing binary star. An eclipsing binary is where a dimmer star in a multiple star system passes in front of its brighter counterpart one of the easiest ways to observe this is to find the star Algol which is a triple star system but consists of one main bright star and another dimmer star that passes in front of it from our perspective. This dimming occurs every two days forty hours and forty-eight point eight minutes the change in magnitude can be from +2 to +3.3 and with magnitude the larger the number the dimmer it is. Click to enlarge the Algol star chart To find Algol you must first find the Perseus constellation. To do this find the bright constellation Cassiopeia, near the M103 cluster . Then draw an imagine line down from Gamma Cassiopeia down to the star Ruchbah once you are in the Perseus constellation follow the stars down through the Perseus constellation one by one until you reach the star Algol. The best time of yea

I have some exciting news for you today. All the planets will be aligned with our moon. Seeing so many planets at the same time in one area of the sky is quite rare. When it does occur, it is known as a planetary parade. 

Well, let us look at what happened on the peak of the Tau Herculids meteor shower. The Tau Herculid’s turned into quite an event, we reported this meteor shower may flare up back at the beginning of May.