How to watch the Eta Aquarids meteor shower tonight into the morning
Tiny traces of Halley’s Comet will be visible
Updated: 6:46 PM PDT May 5, 2022
AND LAS PALMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SOAL ATTENTION EARLY RISERSF I YOU LOOK UP AT THE PRE-DAWN SKIES TOMORROW, YOU MIGHT MAYBE CATCH A GLIMPSE AT A FAIRLY UNIQUE PHENOMENON. YES. I KNOW YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS DON’T YOU IT IS A METEOR SHOWER, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON ON ITS OWN BUT THERE ARE 12 MAJOR. SHOWERS A YEAR, THIS ONE IS KNOWN ASHE T ETTA AQUARIDS SEE IT FEATURES DEBRIS FROM HALEY’S COMET, RIGHT? THAT’S RIGHT. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW HAL’E’S COMET IS MORE THAN TWO BILLION MILES AWAY FROM EARTH AND IT WON’T PASS WITHIN OUR VIEW FOR ANOTHER 39 YEARS, BUT THE TINY TRACES LEFT IN ITS WAKE WILL BE ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. THEY’RE A LITTLE PIECES OF DUST PARTICLES. YOUR ATMOSPHERE AND AS A CRUISE TO THE ATMOSPHERE, THEYET G RELYAL HOT LIKE A SPACECRAFT READING THE ATMOSPHERE FROM FROM ORBIT AND THEY BURN UP AND THAT WHAT YOU’RE SEEING THAT AS THE SHOOTING STAR THE METEOR IS THE FLASHLIGHT BURNING UP. IT’S A BIG ONE. YOU’L’ GET A BRIGHTER FLA.SH THAT’S VERY SMALL PIECE. IT’S A VERY SMALL FLASHING A LOT OF PIECES ARE ABOUT THE SIZE YOUR YOUR PINKY FINGERNAIL. RIDS METEOR SHOWER WILL PEAK RYVE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE AM ASTRONOMERS ESTIMATE THAT WE COULD SEE AUTBO 10 TO 20 METERS PER HOUR IF YOU’RE NOT AN EARLY BIRD, YOU CAN LOOK UP AT ANY POINT TONIGHT AS A SHOWER IS ONGOING THIS WEEK. YOU’RE VIEWING CHANCES ARE BEST AWAY FROM AREAS OF LIGHT POLLUTION. HALEY’S COMET IS ALSO ASSOCIATED. WITH THE ORION METEOR SHOWER THE ORIONID REWIND IT IT DID METEOR SHOWER THAT COMES AROUND IN OCTOBER. THIS IS WHY I JUST ASKED MARK AND GOLSAN ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS BAUECSE BOTH EAR YOU KNOW STUDY THIS COOL THING IS I MEAN THESE STORIES I MEAN THEY’RE THEY’RE REAL AND IT KIND OF SOUNDS A LITTLE LIKE, WOW, IT’S HYPED UP THE CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE PRETTY DARN GOOD AND YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA LOOK IN THE EAST AND THE CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE JUST RIGHT AND YOU KNOW, 10 TO 20 HOURS ACTUALLY PRETTY LOW, THEER PSEIDS ARE 80 TO 100 OR MORE SOMETIMES SO IT’S IT’S PRETTY LOW 10 TO 20 PER HOUR AND OH BY THE WAY, THERE’S CLOUDS. OH THAT THING. YEAH. DAN I THINK THESE CLOUDS WILL LIKELY GOING TO HANG ON GO ON AND CHECK IT IF YOU WANT, BUT I DO THINKE W ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WE HAVE 70 DEGREES IN SACRAMENTO WIND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 GOOD ONSHORE BREEEZ MUCH COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. IT HAS BEEN WARMER THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN STOCKTON A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER FROM TIME TO TIME. WE HAVE 77 DEGREES. WIND OUT OF THE NORTHSTWE AT 14 MODESTO HAS A LITTLE BIT OF SUN A LOT OFLO CUDS AND 78 IN FAIRFIELD. IT’S ALSO MOSTLY CLOUDY AS YOU CAN SEE ALREADY DOWN TO9 6 AND IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. WE ARE 59 DEGREESIT WH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOOK AT THE WIND OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 26. IT IS QUITE AIT B COOLER THAN YESTERDAY THE HIGH-END SACRAMENTO YESTERDAY HIT 90. WELL RIGHT NOW EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IS 17 DEGREES COOLER THAN IT WAS AT FIVE O’CLKOC YESTERDAY. WE’RE DOWN 18 IN FAIRFIELD. FAIRFIELD. SO WE’VE SEEN THE BIG TEMPERATURE. OPDR OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE TEMPERATURES KIND OF BOUNCE AROUND THIS LEVEL. AND EVEN OUTHGH WE HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER. WELL, WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF RAIN IF YOU GO UP I-5 EVENTUALLY A RUN INTO SOME SHOWERS CLOSE TO THE STETA LINE, AND THAT’S WHERE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO GO BY HE’SE’ ONE WEATHE SYSRTEM GOING BY BRINGING THOSE FEW SHOWERS BRINGING US THE CLOUDS AND COOLER WEATHER. AND YES, THERE IS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM OUT HERE SO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE’LL BE IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS QUITE A BIT AT THE TIME, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL EITHER SUNDAY. NITGH OR INTO THE DAY MONDAY TO MAYBE GET A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS. SO A LOT OF CLOUDS TOMORROW IN THE SIERRA A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE DAYTIME. INHE T 50S NOT QUITE AS WINDY AS IT WAS TODAY IN THE SIERRA POLLOCK PESIN UPPER 60S TO ABOUT 70 IN THE FOOTHILLS WILL BE IN THE 70S. MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THE DAY TOMORROW HAS 75 IN AUBURN 76 DEGREES IN SONORA. NAPA WILL STAY IN THE LOW 70S FAIRFIELD MID-70S AND FROM THE VAEYLL PARTLY CLOUDY COMFORTABLE DAY. WELL THE HIVE 78 IN MANTECA 79 IN STOCKTON AND AROUND THE SACRAMENTO ARE WAILL MAKE IT INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S SUN CLOUDS AND WINDS NOT ALL THAT STRONG. WELL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF COOLING ON SATURYDA SUNDAY MOTHER’S DAY MORE CLOUDS A LITTLE BIT COOLER. THE DAY WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IS. MONDAY A CHANCE OF VALLEY SHOWERS, MAYBE SOME LIGHT SIERRA OWSN AND BEYOND THAT NOT MUCH WARMER THR
How to watch the Eta Aquarids meteor shower tonight into the morning
Tiny traces of Halley’s Comet will be visible
Updated: 6:46 PM PDT May 5, 2022
A meteor shower will be visible in the sky beginning Thursday night, and this one features a particularly unique phenomenon.While meteor showers themselves are fairly common — there are 12 major ones a year — this year’s Eta Aquarids meteor shower features debris from Halley’s Comet, which is currently more than 2 billion light-years away. That means it won’t be within our view for at least another 39 years.However, tiny traces left in its wake will come into our view starting Thursday night. The peak of the shower will be early Friday morning between 3 and 5 a.m. Astronomers estimate we could see anywhere between 10 to 20 meteors per hour.For those people who are not early birds, the shower will be ongoing this week, and you might be able to catch a meteor or two at any point. Your best chances to spot one will be affected by how much light pollution is in your area.Weather may also be a factor in viewing it, as scattered high clouds may obscure views if they linger into Friday morning.Halley’s Comet is also associated with the Orionid Meteor Shower that comes around October.
A meteor shower will be visible in the sky beginning Thursday night, and this one features a particularly unique phenomenon.
While meteor showers themselves are fairly common — there are 12 major ones a year — this year’s Eta Aquarids meteor shower features debris from Halley’s Comet, which is currently more than 2 billion light-years away. That means it won’t be within our view for at least another 39 years.
However, tiny traces left in its wake will come into our view starting Thursday night. The peak of the shower will be early Friday morning between 3 and 5 a.m. Astronomers estimate we could see anywhere between 10 to 20 meteors per hour.
For those people who are not early birds, the shower will be ongoing this week, and you might be able to catch a meteor or two at any point. Your best chances to spot one will be affected by how much light pollution is in your area.
Weather may also be a factor in viewing it, as scattered high clouds may obscure views if they linger into Friday morning.
Halley’s Comet is also associated with the Orionid Meteor Shower that comes around October.
