[MIham] Meteors from Halley's Comet

Frank frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org
Mon May 4 19:00:50 EDT 2009


Space Weather News for May 4, 2009
http://spaceweather.com

METEOR SHOWER: Earth is entering a stream of dusty debris from Halley's 
Comet, the source of the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower. Forecasters 
expect the shower to peak on Wednesday, May 6th, with as many as 85 meteors 
per hour over the southern hemisphere. Rates in the northern hemisphere will 
be less, 20 to 30 per hour. The best time to look is during the dark hour 
before local sunrise on Wednesday morning.  Visit http://spaceweather.com 
for sky maps and details.

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