The stunning Eta
Aquarids Meteor Shower and the Super Flower Moon are both going to be visible
for keen stargazers to enjoy this week.
During this lockdown
period, people are enjoying the smaller things in life; from baking to
gardening, we’re learning how to entertain ourselves in different ways.
Stargazing is one of the hobby most people can easily do, and now is a great
time to take it up as there’s loads to witness.
Last month we saw
the amazing Lyrid Meteor Shower grace the skies for several days, during the
period hundreds of thousands of shooting stars flew across the sky every hour.
This week we’ll be lucky
to witness another shower known as the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower, which is set
to hit its peak this week. The shower in fact started April 19 and will
continue until May 31 – but this Tuesday, May 5, is when it will be most
visible to us.
For those of you pondering
what the heck the difference between a meteor shower and, say, a random
shooting star is, they occur when a comet gets close to the sun and its icy
surfaces burn off. Meteor showers are likely to originate from one point in the
night sky whereas shooting stars are more random. Amazing, right?
The shower is expected
to produce around 60 meteors an hour, as Forbes reports. However, the peak of
the shower is very close to a full moon, which could make the meteors little
bit more tough to spot.
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