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Welcome to the November, where we celebrate not one, not three, but four distinct origins of Meteor showers! Despite recent overcast weather, one might catch a glimpse of a shooting star from The Taurid, Leonid, Alpha Monocerotid, or Orionid meteor showers. You can view a calendar of peak times here:
https://starwalk.space/en/news/night-sky-tonight-november
While you'll recognize three of the four showers' names from their respective constellation of origin (as discussed in previous posts, Taurus the Bull, Leo the Lion, and Orion the Hunter), you may be wondering the same question as I: "what the heck is Alpha Monocerotid?"
The Constellation Monoceros is a fairly dim and lesser-known constellation right in the middle of Orion, Cancer, Gemini, and Canis Major. You might recognize the root word "mono", meaning one, and cero, meaning horn. For example, "triceratops" simply means "three horns" while "rhinoceros" means "nose horn". You probably know Monoceros by its much more common name: Unicorn.