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The peak of the Eta Aquarids is around the time of the new moon, therefore moonlight will provide minimal interference to meteor hunters, unlike the fully illuminated moon in 2023.. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is categorized as a strong shower; it is best viewed from the Southern Hemisphere or close to the equator, although folks in some northern latitudes can also observe it.Meteor showers are named after the constellation from which the meteors appear to originate.
Though the Eta Aquarids' radiant is the Aquarius constellation, it is not the source of the meteors. Don't look directly at Aquarius to see the meteors, as they will be visible across the night sky. Make sure to move your gaze around to nearby constellations as meteors closer to the radiant have shorter trains and are more difficult to spot. If you only look at Aquarius, you might miss the more spectacular Eta Aquarids.
"The Etas are not a shower that you can go out to see after sunset because the radiant won't be up," Cooke wrote. , the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is caused by ice and dust left behind by a celestial icon: Halley's Comet. When Earth passes through the comet's debris, the"comet crumbs" heat up as they enter Earth's atmosphere, producing impressive"shooting stars" that streak across the sky. approaching Earth in 1531, 1607 and 1682. He concluded that these sightings were all of the same comet returning over and over again. Halley predicted the comet would return in 1758. Though he did not live to see the comet's correctly-predicted return, it was later named in his honor.
An Eta Aquarid fireball lights up the sky over Devils Tower, part of the Bear Lodge Mountains in Wyoming. Astrophotographer David Kingham captured this shot during the 2013 Eta Aquarid meteor shower.to the American Meteor Society to help contribute to fireball research.
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