The Eta Aquarid meteor shower

Soon there will be the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. This shower is visible from approximately April 21 to approximately May 20. Its greatest activity coincides with the night of May 6 this year. On those days the Earth passes through the river of debris left in its wake by Halley's Comet, the famous Halley's Comet. Just as, to give us an example, just like in a river where at the beginning you get in and there is little water, it covers little because there is little water. The first and last days of a meteor shower are few meteors, few meteors are seen, but as the earth gets into that river of debris it reaches a point that will be this year on the night of May 6 where the intensity will be much greater. It is not a meteor shower as intense as the Leonid shower, which is in November or some other famous one since the debris in this The case that we will see burning is from Halley's comets, yes, but those that left hundreds of years ago because currently the comet's orbit does not pass close enough to the Earth to be a source of meteor activity, which is good news.

Of course, the Earth passing through the rest of the fragments of a comet means that that comet also crosses the Earth's orbit, Halley's Comet has apparently moved away from the Earth's orbit, which is good for us, although for the topic of the meteor shower, well, no, to see the aquarium etas we have to look for the constellation of Aquarius, since the meteors will appear to be coming out of this constellation and specifically visually it will seem to us that they will come out close to one of the stars. brightest of the constellation specifically Eta Aquari. The calculation is that you can see one meteor per minute, entering at a speed of 66 km/sec, the best time to see this meteor shower is before dawn, of course looking for a high, clear place away from artificial lights and be careful, the best place on the planet to be able to see this meteor shower is near the Equator and up to 30 degrees south latitude. Halley's Comet is large and also bright and famous because it gives a great spectacle every time it approaches the sun, it is shaped like a peanut as you can see or a potato, but like a giant potato, it is about 15 km long, 8 km wide and 8 km high, it approaches or has its period every 76 years on average, although it usually varies between 74 and 79 years.