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Halley’s Comet will not be visible for another 40 years, but will remain
invite Earth to a show on Tuesday morning
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is expected to peak in the early hours of May 5.
The Eta Aquarids is one of two annual rains caused by parts of Halley’s Comet.
The famous comet only enters our internal solar system once every 75 years. But according to NASA, a few times a year, Earth’s orbit travels to the debris trails left behind by the comet. Dust and rock particles left by vaporizers when they enter Earth’s atmosphere at 148,000 mph and become meteors or shooting stars.
The best opportunity to see the shower is just before sunrise, between 2 and 4 a.m., when there is less moonlight to obstruct the view.
According to Space.com, those looking for meteors will want to “look a little far” from the radiant in the
Aquarius constellation.
“In the most favorable conditions in the southern United States, you can see a dozen or more meteors per hour from the Eta Aquarid swarm,” said Space.com. “But observers from the mid-north latitudes can see only half.”
Halley’s Comet was last seen in 1986. It won’t make its next return through the inner solar system until the summer of 2061.
This story was originally published by Thalia Brionez in
KXXV
in Waco, Texas
