\n\tJEDDAH: The Arab world has entered a peak period for Milky Way observation, a window that will remain open through late May.<\/p>\n
\n\tAccording to the Jeddah Astronomy Society, the moon\u2019s transition to its new phase on May 16 will provide the exceptionally dark skies needed to view the galaxy from midnight until dawn.<\/p>\n
\n\tOptimal visibility is driven by the absence of lunar light, the high position of the galactic center and atmospheric stability.<\/p>\n
\n\tUnder Bortle scale 1\u20133 conditions found in Saudi Arabia\u2019s remote deserts and highlands, the silvery galactic band and cosmic dust near the Scorpius and Sagittarius constellations become visible to the naked eye.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe best viewing window is May 15\u201323, though favorable conditions persist through the end of the month.<\/p>\n
\n\tExperts recommend observing from locations 30\u2013100 km away from urban light pollution.<\/p>\n
\n\tTo ensure the best experience, observers should allow 20 minutes for their eyes to adjust to the dark and avoid using mobile screens during the session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JEDDAH: The Arab world has entered a peak period for Milky Way observation, a window that will remain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-431501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}