Double meteor shower will light up the sky Monday night

Stargazers are in for a treat on Monday night as a double meteor shower will light up the sky, according to a report.

As many as 20 to 25 shooting stars will illuminate the darkness from the southern Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids meteor showers, which peaks late Monday into early Tuesday, Accuweather.com reports.

It will be the first meteor shower since the Eta Aquarids in May.

Accuweather predicts residents on the East Coast will have a good view of nature’s show with generally clear, cloudless skies.

But the site warns that stargazers in big cities — such as New York City — should seek darker locations with less light pollution.

Natural light pollution, however, shouldn’t be a concern as Monday night’s dual meteor shower peaks a few nights before the Aug. 1 new moon — a lunar phase where the moon appears to be invisible from earth, the site says.

This astronomical display comes on the heels of last week’s meteor scare, where a “city-killer” asteroid whizzed uncomfortably close to earth, startling astronomers.

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