Watch meteor shower created by Halley's Comet this week :
We heard from our child days about this famous comet in our solar system which appears once for every 75 years and now we got chance to see a beautiful meteor shower performed by Halley's Comet Right now, Earth is twirling through the tail of Halley's Comet.
As its tiny sized bits of debris smack into our atmosphere and burn up, they sizzle through the sky in a month-long annual spectacle known as the Eta Aquarids. They run from April 20 until May 21 this year and will reach their peak on the evening of Thursday, May 5.
Lucky for the Stargazers who are locating near Southern Hemisphere, they can see this wonderful meteors dash through the sky at a rate 30 or 40 meteors per hour. But for Northern hemisphere Stargazers this won't be as lucky as Southern that it left completely in the dust yet they can still be able to see about 10 to 20 meteors per hour.
How to watch :
For this no need of any telescopes or fancy equipment to see the meteors,all you need is a location which is away from the light pollution of nearby towns and cities, just clear skies, your naked eyes with a little bit of patience enough, Just make yourself comfortable, and sit a side to enjoy the show.
When to Watch :
Time for the Eta Aquarids will be during the shower's peak, May 5 through May 7 just Plan to settle out for one or two hours before twilight, and "Give yourself at least an hour of viewing time for watching any meteor shower,"
" EarthSky.org advises. "Meteors tend to come in spurts that are interspersed by lulls. Also, it can take as long as 20 minutes for your eyes to adapt to the dark."
Don't worry if youre unable to catch up you got Slooh an online observatory, will be offering a live broadcast of the meteor shower from an observatory on the Canary Islands. See the broadcast stream below.
" Halley's Comet, a ball of ice and rock left over from the formation of our Solar System, only makes an appearance every 75 years - we haven't seen it since 1986 - Earth passes through its tail twice a year. We'll pass through Halley's tail again in late October, resulting in the Orionid meteor shower."
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