Oct 5 - Spectacular Draconid Meteors Ahead?

October 5 Spectacular Draconid Meteors Ahead? by:

Composite image of Draconids seen near Tucson, Arizona in 2013, by our friend Sean Parker Photography. Good morning!   Spectacular Draconid meteor shower in 2018? In 2018, there's no moon to spoil the show. The parent comet recently passed near. Best night is likely October 8. Consider October 7 and 9, too. To see the most meteors ... watch in the evening, not after midnight. And find a dark country sky! Read more. New dwarf planet nicknamed The Goblin The Goblin is a very small dwarf planet, very far away. It might help astronomers in their search for a much bigger world - the long-sought Planet X. Read more. Baby giraffes inherit spot patterns from mom A new study suggests spot patterns are linked to survival rates of young giraffes. Read more. Image via Derek Lee, Wild Nature Institute/Penn State.

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Saturday morning … Moon and Leo before dawn By Saturday morning, the moon will have swept past Regulus, moving east as it always does, in its orbit around Earth. Read more.

The moon phase is waning crescent A waning crescent moon is up in the east before sunrise. Ken Christison in North Carolina caught this waning crescent with earthshine on Thursday morning. The next new moon is October 9. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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