NASA’s sky pass tips for may include a meteor shower

A new month has just begun and so NASA has returned with some tips on exciting things to see in the coming weeks.

Meteor shower aquarid eta

The first is the meteoric eta aquarid shower, which emanates from Comet Halley.

“ETA Aquarids are moving fast, and many of them produce constant dust trains that extend for seconds after the meteor belt,” NASA says in its latest Skywatching (Top) video.

He adds that while one of the best annual showers in the southern hemisphere, it tends to be more subjected to the north of the equator, though you can still expect to enjoy between 10 and 20 meteors per hour.

“On the peak night (May 6th), the moon sets around 3am, leaving the dark sky until dawn for ideal eyesight conditions,” NASA says.

As with all the meteor showers, try to find a location away from light pollution and with a wide view of the sky for the best chance to see a lot of heavens.

Galore planets!

May is also a great month for choosing planets in the night sky. At sunset hours, for example, you will have a great opportunity to see Mars and Jupiter in the west. Mars is identifiable by its salmon-pink color, while Jupiter stands for its brightness.

Meanwhile, early birds have a great chance to see Venus and Saturn throughout this month. At the moment, they appear quite close together, but the distance between them will gradually increase as the weeks pass.

“For a few days in late May, early risers will enjoy a moon meeting with Saturn and Venus in the Eastern sky before dawn,” Nasa says. “Look as the moon crosses both planets as it becomes an ever -thinner crescent. You will find the moon hanging between Venus and Saturn on May 23.”

Awaiting a Nova

NASA also has some tips on how to see a Nova, which is a sudden, bright explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star caused by the rapid fusion of hydrogen accumulated by an accompanying star.

NASA tells about events in a star binary system called T Coronae Borealis about 3,000 light years away. It includes a giant red star with a smaller white dwarf star around it.

“About 80 years, the white dwarf has accumulated so much from the other star hydrogen that it ignites a thermonuclear explosion – and that’s NOVA,” NASA says.

Nova is expected to happen anytime in the coming months, and astronomers believe it will be as bright as the brightest star of the constellation, which is almost as bright as the North Star, Polaris.

Make sure you watch NASA’s video to find out how to distinguish bright light from this very special event, which should be visible for a few days.

Of course, all of the above depends on the clear sky, so that the crucified fingers so that the clouds stay away so that you can benefit as much as possible from the tips of returning NASA sky for May.