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The largest meteor shower of spring, called Eta Aquarids, Halley’s Comet coming will be visible this weekend, especially Sunday night (day 5) to Monday , which is expected to produce the maximum.
This event is mainly observable from the southern hemisphere and only occurs twice a year : in May and October.
This year the moon is waning , which will favor the observation , has confirmed the astronomer Francisco Colomer, National Astronomical Observatory.
its orbit around the Sun, the Earth passes through areas where you have gone before celestial objects such as comets and the Earth’s atmosphere attracts particles detached of the tails of these objects.
class=”imp”> The best time to see them is between 3 and 5 am on the morning of Sunday to Monday In the case of the Eta Aquarids, the Earth passes through an area why has passed before Halley , which in its orbit around the Sun-full route every 75 years-lost small ignition particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere to pass.So while now Halley’s Comet is in the depths of the outer solar system-not return to Earth until 2061 – it is possible to see the remains tail of this star.
Despite its size
not exceed-millimeter-dust particles forming Eta Aquarids traveling at high speeds, about seventy kilometers per second , which promotes ignition and the ” shooting star “we see.
Colomer explained that meteors cross the sky and come from the direction where the star Eta, the constellation Aquarius .
be overnight, although it is expected up between 3 and 5 am of the night from Sunday to Monday.
however, has stated that it can not know with one hundred percent certainty, even the number of meteors per hour, which can vary between 60 and 120, which would see the fall of one of these particles at least he has said every minute .
this astronomer, though this rain of stars not impressive, they can be very nice , hence it has encouraged all citizens to seek a dark place, away from light pollution of cities or towns.
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