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Dark Sky Park: The Camelopardalids

This weekend there is the promise of a brand new meteor shower, known by the ungainly name "The Camelopardalids." Meteor showers take their names from the constellation in front of which the radiant is located. To form the name, astronomers use the constellation name and add the letter 'd', so that the meteor shower in front of Perseus becomes the Perseids; the meteor shower near Orion becomes the Orionids, and the anticipated shower near Camelopardalis becomes the Camelopardalids.