Monday, July 26, 2021

More Meteors

Along with the Perseid meteor shower that began in July and persists into August there is the Delta Aquarids meteor shower.  

This show should be peaking right about now thru the end of July.  

To be fair, this show is more favorably viewed in the southern hemisphere or the southern reaches of the northern hemisphere - nevertheless if you get out of bed to pee several hours before sunrise, go outside and take a few moments to cast your gaze to the southern sky.   

Locate the constellation Aquarius as this is the radiant from which these meteors appear.  

photo - Wikimedia Commons

In case you care to know these meteors are the result of debris from Comet 96P Machholz - a comet that crosses our path every five years.

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