Five spooky skywatching targets for Halloween season

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFive skywatching targets are lining up for Halloween season, including something called Medusa's eye, and the sky has never been this prepared, the Space.com report says.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's a list of things you can see without a telescope. Space.com says they're all visible to the naked eye.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe headliner is the Halloween fireballs, which the sky has been rehearsing since mid-October, and NASA says they can last into November.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHalloween fireballs is a nickname. The International Astronomical Union lists the South Taurids and North Taurids as two separate showers.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo showers. Two. Both from Comet Encke, which Earth crosses twice. I assume the statement says, we regret the debris, and we will be back.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwice a year, from a comet. At peak, Discover Magazine expects about five Southern Taurid meteors an hour.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFive an hour, but exceptionally bright. The sky is calling that quality over quantity, which is what every slow restaurant says.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRated five of ten for pacing, and it peaks in the early hours of November fifth. Clip it.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive an hour is one meteor every twelve minutes. Most streaming trailers are longer than that.