Thursday, May 04, 2006
Morning Meteors, Saturday May 6
Eastern horizon at 4.00 am (click to enlarge)The Eta (n) Aquariids is a very reliable southern hemisphere shower. Unfortunately, it is a reliable morning shower. You have to get up around 3.30-4.00 am to see it at its best. Well, you can also check out comet 73P to the north, and Venus as well at this hour. At 4.00 am the radiant of the shower (where the meteors appear to come from, marked by Radiant ETA on the map) is about 24 dgerees (four handsapns) above the easterm horizon. The Eta Aquariids is associated with Halleys comet, and consistes of fast, often bright meteors, some with persistant trails. Although the actual peak rate is around 2.00 pm Saturday in Australia, the best time to look is around 4.00 am Staurday morning. You can probably expect to see ameteor every 3 minutes.
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 9:39 pm 
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