Vietnam has meteor shower tomorrow night

Tomorrow night, Vietnamese people will have the opportunity to admire the meteor shower Eta Aquarids originating from the famous comet Halley.

According to NASA, on the night of the 5th and the morning of the 6th, there will be the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, originating from Halley comet. With good weather conditions, observers can see between 40 and 60 meteors per hour in this particular rain.

Chairman of Vietnam Astronomical Club, Dang Vu Tuan Son said that the meteor shower this time is only average. The ideal time to observe the Eta Aquarids meteor shower is about 3 am to 4 am on May 6, when it is not yet bright and the constellation Aquarius ( Aquarius ) is high enough to reach the eastern horizon.

Halley comet. Photo: NASA.

According to Mr. Son, the weather is less cloudy in the early summer days with the beginning of the lunar month, almost unaffected by the light of the Moon, so astronomers still have a lot of observable ability. some meteor of this match. He also noted that it is necessary to monitor the weather before deciding to observe, choose a location with a wide angle and not get the light directly into the eye.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Phuong, member of the Vietnam Astronomical Society - advised observers not to need telescopes or binoculars to observe meteor showers, but just follow them with the naked eye , because of the speed of each meteor. Up to 30km / s at magnification of telescopes and binoculars.

Meteor shower occurs because the earth enters the dusty area which is the remnant of comets. Different sized dust particles rush into the atmosphere at very high speeds, creating shock waves. The shockwave compresses the air particles in front of it, causing the temperature to reach thousands of degrees Celsius and igniting, creating light trails at a height of 60-100 km (from the ground up). People call these small light trails a meteor.

Every year in late April and early May, astronomers will see meteors in the sky near the constellation Aquarius, which is the meteor called Eta Aquarids.