Monday, May 05, 2014

Meteor shower early Tuesday morning: How to watch

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/meteor-shower-early-tuesday-morning-how-to-watch/

May 5, 2014

Night owls and early morning risers -- don't forget look towards the sky in the wee hours on Tuesday morning -- you just might get the chance to see a meteor shower.

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There will be several meteor showers going on all at once

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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/04/28/cinco-de-mayo-2014-meteor-shower-eta-aquarids-meteorite-asteroid-haleys-comet-aquarius-shooting-star-falling-star/

Remember Halley’s Comet? We’re about to get hit by parts of it as dust from the tail of the comet smashes into earth on the night of May 5th–Cinco de Mayo 2014–during the Eta Aquarids meteor shower.

The annual shooting star show appears to come out of the constellation Aquarius, and can be visible from April through May 12th, but the peak is on the 5th, with up to 10 meteors possible per hour.

In the southern hemisphere, up to 30 meteors per hour are seen.

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