Good observations this year of the Eta Aquarids meteor shower.

It will be good year for observing eta aquaridsbecause the New moonMay 8, This will allow the meteor shower to continue into the darkness of the night at its zenith, from May 5th to 6th.

Eta Aquarids meteor shower visible every year from April 19 to May 28. Observation of it is more favorable from places located in the tropics, such as the Canary Islands, and in the southern hemisphere. although they can also be observed in the northern hemisphere.

The Eta Aquarids are associated with Halley’s Comet, as is the Orionid meteor shower that occurs in October. Eta aquarid meteors have the rate of activity is from 40 to 85 meteors per hour and quite high speed, about 66 kilometers per second.This was reported by the National Astronomical Observatory (OAN).

For mid-latitude observers, the Eta Aquarid radiant is located above the horizon from four hours after midnight until dawn.

TRAIL OF COMET HALLEY

Meteora eta-Aquarid fragments of comet 1/P Halley. Halley’s Comet orbits the Sun every 76 years and was last seen from Earth in 1986. As it does every year around this time, Halley’s Comet orbits the Sun every 76 years. The Earth passes through a ring filled with debris from Halley’s Comet.

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When one of these fragments (or meteoroids) comes into contact with the Earth’s atmosphere, It burns due to friction with air, thus creating the luminous glow we know as a meteor or shooting star. Halley’s Comet is also the source of another meteor shower, the Orionids, which peaks on October 21st.

The corresponding meteor shower appears to have a single center of origin—the point from which all shooting stars emerge. This point is called the “radiant” and its location is used to name the meteor shower. Thus, the eta Aquarids have a radiant in the eta star. Constellation Aquarius.