Potential Tau Herculids Meteor Storm can be seen Live Online Tonight

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A brand-new meteor shower could light up tonight's Memorial Day holiday sky on Monday and Tuesday (May 30-31) or it may be a big bust

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You can watch live viewsof the possible meteor shower overnight Monday and early Tuesday in the livestream from the Virtual Telescope Project led by astrophysicist Gianluca Masi in Ceccano, Italy.

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The free webcast will begin at 12 am. EDT (0400 GMT) on May 31 and will feature views from all-sky cameras in Arizona and Brazil

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The potential for the meteor shower comes from the disintegrating nature of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

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The comet was first discovered in 1930 and orbits the sun once every 5.4 years, coming within 5.7 million miles of the sun each time

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It is far from certain that the dusty, gassy debris from Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 will spawn an impressive meteor shower

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