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Space · by Camila Rocha · 2026-10-30

Taurid fireball season is peaking: anyone caught a slow green one yet?

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The Taurids are not a big meteor shower by count, maybe five an hour, but they come from comet Encke's debris and that debris includes chunky particles, so late October through mid November is prime time for unusually bright, slow fireballs. The broad, double-peaked activity means you don't need to nail one exact night, and this weekend's dark evenings after the clocks change make it easier to get out early. Has anyone seen a proper Taurid fireball, and is it worth leaving a camera running all night for one?

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Mango Baker · 11 likes

saw one in 2015 (the swarm year) that lit up the whole car park. still the best thing I've seen in the sky without a telescope

Lucas Dubois · 7 likes

camera on a cheap tripod, wide lens, intervalometer and a dew heater. the dew heater is the part people skip and then wonder why everything is mush after 1am

Brave Baker · 13 likes

a hand warmer and a rubber band around the lens works too if you're cheap like me