Dark Sky News

The radiant is in the direction of the constellation Aquarius. The Eta Aquarids is one of two meteor showers created by debris from Comet Halley. There are generally between 10-30 meteors per hour in the northern hemisphere. The Earth passes through Halley’s path around the Sun a second time in October. This creates the Orionid meteor shower, which peaks around October 20.

When a Full Moon or a New Moon occurs around apogee, it’s called a Micromoon, Minimoon or Apogee Moon. A Micro Full Moon’s angular size is 12.5%–14.1% smaller than a Super Full Moon, and 5.9%–6.9% smaller than an average Full Moon (in years 1550–2650).

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May 11 @9:06PM mag. -3.3 pass from WSW – NNW right between Sirius and Mars overhead all the way to Vega

May 12 @ 8:31PM mag. -3.5 pass from SW – NNW literally above your head through Mars to Vega

Nights are going to get shorter! Take those DSO images!