2023-05-04 16:42:17
This year could be particularly impressive, with 120-160 meteors expected per hour.
Active throughout the months of April and May, the meteor shower is set to peak on May 5 with an impressive overall blast, of 120-160 meteors per hour.
Despite the brightness of the full moon, the bright fireballs make it worth seeing, especially in the southern hemisphere between 3-4 am.
“Meteor showers” are similar to a normal rainfall, with 50-60 meteors per hour, said Bill Cook, head of NASA’s Office of Meteorite Environments. The blast is like a thunderstorm, with more than normal meteor activity expected.”
According to the scientific journal “scitechdaily”, a meteor shower (Eta Aquarid) can be seen especially in the southern hemisphere. Regardless of your geographical location, you will need to find an area very far from city lights to get the best view. Give yourself about 30 minutes in the dark for your eyes to adjust, and that means no looking at your phone, looking away from the moon and enjoying as much as possible the veil of the sky.
Get outside! The eta Aquariid meteor shower outburst to peak the night of May 4-5.
Meteors will be observable after midnight, but the peak times are 3-4 a.m. until dawn.
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