The eta Aquarid Meteor Shower

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Space Weather News for May 4th

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Earth is about to glide through a stream of space dust

trailing Halley's Comet, producing a mild but beautiful shower

of meteors called the eta Aquarids. The shower is most

intense over the southern hemisphere, where dark-sky observers

might see one meteor every few minutes or so. Northern

hemisphere rates are much lower but not zero.

 

When should you look? The shower's peak spans May 5th and

6th. Try the hours before local dawn on both dates.

 

Eta Aquarid meteors emerge from a point in the

constellation Aquarius that is, coincidentally, close to the planet

Mars. Mars is approaching Earth for a close encounter later

this year; already it's one of the brightest objects in the

pre-dawn sky. So if you wake up early in the days ahead to

look for meteors, you can see Mars, too--a nice bonus.

 

Visit http://spaceweather.com for sky maps and more

information.

 

 

 

 

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