The Eta Aquariids are one of two meteor showers caused by leftover debris from Halley's comet, and this year could be a cracker — experts predict up to 21 meteors an hour.
With just a sliver of moon visible, the sky will be darker, which will make it easier to see up to 21 meteors an hourIf you're looking for an excuse to get out of the house this weekend, the Eta Aquariid meteor shower is back, and has the potential to dazzle with around 15 to 20 meteors an hour depending on where you live in Australia.
"Although the peak is technically on the morning of May 6, there are better rates on May 7 when the tiny slice of the Moon is out of the way," says amateur astronomer Ian Musgrave. , and get comfortable. Once your eyes adjust to the darkness, there will be planets lining up to show stargazers the way."There's Mercury nearest the horizon, then the thin crescent moon, then Mars and Saturn, all lined up coming from the horizon towards where this radiant point is."
The reason that they're named after Orion and Eta Aquarii is because that's where it looks like the meteors are coming from. These constellations actually have nothing to do with the meteor showers — but they do provide a way to track where they're going to appear in our skies.
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