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A bright moon may dim the Eta Aquarid meteor shower made up of Halley's comet debris

phys.org·Adithi Ramakrishnan·29 days ago
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This photo provided by NASA shows an Eta Aquarid meteor streaking over northern Georgia on April 29, 2012. Credit: B. Cooke/Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA via AP, File The Eta Aquarid meteor shower soon will light the sky with debris from Halley's comet. But a bright moon will spoil the fun this year, making the display harder to glimpse. The shower will peak Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Viewers from the Southern Hemisphere typically see 50 meteors per hour during the peak, but the interfering moon could cut that number by half. In the north, skywatchers will likely see fewer than 10 per hour. "For us in the Northern Hemisphere, it's not going to be as impressive," said Teri Gee, manager of the Barlow Planetarium in Wisconsin. "The farther south you are, the better you'll see it." Meteor showers happen when the Earth charges through trails of debris left behind from comets or asteroids.…

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