Moose Jaw residents may be able to catch part of a meteor shower this week, but expectations should be realistic.<\/p>\n
Limited visibility in North America<\/p>\n
Astronomer Abigail Sadowski said the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to peak in the pre-dawn hours of May 6.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be challenging to view in North America, with far better visibility in southern latitudes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The meteor shower comes from debris linked to Halley\u2019s Comet. Sadowski said the moon will still be fairly bright following the May 1 full moon, which could wash out many meteors.<\/p>\n
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Lower viewing rates expected<\/p>\n
She said the shower\u2019s zenith hourly rate is about 50 meteors per hour, but that reflects ideal viewing conditions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not in an ideal viewing location, we have a bright moon, and we\u2019ll likely be seeing much less here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For Moose Jaw, Sadowski estimated viewers may see around 10 meteors per hour, appearing low on the horizon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a chance, but it won\u2019t be super spectacular, and you won\u2019t see them all overhead,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Best viewing window<\/p>\n
The best time to look will be between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. on May 6, toward the eastern horizon as Aquarius rises.<\/p>\n
Sadowski said the name of a meteor shower refers to the constellation the meteors appear to come from, though they can be visible elsewhere in the sky.<\/p>\n
\u201cScan the low horizon and you may be able to catch a few,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moose Jaw residents may be able to catch part of a meteor shower this week, but expectations should…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-649949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}