Monday morning at 4 o'clock is the best time to see Eta Aquariids – an extremely fast meteor that sometimes leaves a long trail behind it. The further south we go, the more there is to see.
Do you have some unfulfilled desires? Then you should set your alarm for Monday morning: there will be a shooting star on May 6th! Eta Aquarius peaks the night before. Then there are about fifty meteors per hour.
When to look where
You need a crystal clear view of the horizon to the east and good weather, this is what you need Opportunities to shoot for the stars. The best time is around 4 a.m., when it's dark enough for the delicate meteors to illuminate Constellation Aquarius It is just rising in the east. Eta Aquarius appears to come from this constellation – Aquarius in Latin.
How many eta buckets can you count
However, there will not be many shooting stars. If Aquarius rises much earlier and moves high into the sky, Aquarius in May will be a great meteor shower here as well. But very low on the horizon, layers of fog obscure the view of many meteors. However, about one in ten, i.e. a handful per hour, can be seen.
The further south we go, the more shooting stars there will be
Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria have a clear advantage, and southern Italy even more so: the further south you go, the higher Aquarius rises and the more visible the meteors become.
The peak is in the evening, but the best time is in the morning
The peak of Eta Aquaridus this year occurs on the evening of May 5. But don't let anyone lure you out at that time, because Aquarius is still just over the horizon for us. The first arrives only in the morning Shooting stars To see. The specific time is not so important for Eta aquarids: its peak is the so-called broad maximum that lasts for several hours. Even on the preceding and following days there are many meteors.
Where do Eta amniotes come from?
Shooting stars appearWhen the Earth crosses the ancient path of a comet in its orbit around the Sun. Every time comets orbit the Sun, they leave behind a trail of dust and small rocks – the remnants of a comet's tail. This cosmic “dirt” conjures a sparkle in our skies when it enters Earth's atmosphere: a meteor. In the case of the Aquarians in May, a very famous comet left a trail of dust: 1P/Halley, Halley's Comet, which last approached Earth in 1986.
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