Meteor showers Tuesday

Meteor showers to streak across sky Tuesday
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November 15, 2009 8:21 AM
By JESSICA CEJNAR, staff writer

BARSTOW • People venturing out of doors early Tuesday morning or later that night may be rewarded with glimpses of two meteor showers streaking across the sky.

The Leonid meteor shower reaches its annual peak around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, and late viewers may be able to see a second peak Tuesday night, said Scott Bulkley, an astronomy professor at Barstow Community College. A second meteor shower, the Taurids, also reaches its peak about the same time, he said......

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