In may 2019 are again iden the shooting stars of the Leon to see. We explain when and how you can today watch the Meteor rain in the sky.

All star gazers can look forward to in may 2019 on a very special Sky for The shooting stars the Eta-Aquariden today (6. May 2019) for a real firework in the night.

Almost the entire month of the shooting stars of the may-to watch Aquariden. – Aquariden called because their broadcast point is with the star Eta in Aquarius.

shooting stars in may 2019: What the Aquariden?

Aquariden are fast meteors with a speed of 65 kilometres per second, or about 234,000 of kilometers per hour. You leave long Tracers. the The may Aquariden have scattered their origin in the Halley’s comet, the fragments of the nucleus in its orbit.

The comet itself, we do not see, however, in these days. Halley’s comet only comes all of 75.3 years in the vicinity of earth. The next Time it will be in the year 2061.

shooting stars in may, 2019: when can you see the Aquariden best today?

“The most you will be shooting stars to the 6. May (Monday) said Sven Melchert, the Association of the star friends in the Hessian town of Heppenheim. The so-called may-Aquariden but also in the days before and after watching.

the Best observation times are today, the hours after midnight, the night of the broadcast point is in the zodiac sign of Aquarius. In the average rain 20 shooting stars per hour from the night sky.

Astro-expert Melchert recommends: The best is to look in the early hours of the morning to the East, before it will light again.

Who is on holiday in Italy or Spain, has to be very lucky: Better than in Germany, the shooting stars are to be seen with her long traces of Light in the Mediterranean or even further South.

Video of the Aquariden: the shooting stars to be seen in the may 2019

shooting stars in may 2019: How is the weather today?

Wetter.de reports to the weather conditions at today’s night sky, when the Aquariden-reach shooting stars a Maximum of: “If the weather cooperates, depends on your place of residence. In some Parts of the country clouds are obstructing the view. Otherwise, it is often loosely, sometimes densely cloudy and in the Northern half of the rain clouds.“

you can also look at the current clouds film wetter.de whether it is for you today, clouds night free.

with regard to the currently frosty temperatures wetter.de advises all Astro-Fans, the night today, the Aquariden outside want to observe: “However, a thick winter jacket. At temperatures around the freezing point, the whole is but a frosty affair. More than 5 degrees on the island of Fehmarn and frosty 0 degrees, in the lüneburg Heath are hardly in it.“

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