Take out your telescopes and binoculars, because it will a meteor shower in May 2023 and here we tell you how you can observe itas well as other astronomical events that will be recorded and seen in this month.
The meteor shower of May 2023
As we told you here above, according to the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE)in this month of May 2023 there will be a meteor shower that can be observed, so here we tell you all the details you need to know to see it.
Yes, according to experts, this η-Aquarid meteor shower can be seen since April 19 and will last until May 28. However, it will be the following Saturday, May 6, which will be better observed in the sky, since it will have a maximum observable rate of 40 meteors per hour.
Where to point the telescopes? According to the institute, they should point their lenses towards the constellation of Aquariusalthough they warn that the Moon will cause a bit of interference towards the eastern part of the celestial sphere (here a map to locate it).
They also explained that this meteor shower will be caused by comet 1P/Halley, which can also be seen at dawn on May 6.
Other astronomical events this month
Now to finish, we leave you other astronomical events that can be seen in the sky of May 2023 (in case you want to use your telescopes more than once):
- May 5 at 5:33 p.m.: There will be full moon with a geocentric distance of 380 thousand 187 kilometers and an angular size of 31.4 minutes of arc.
- May 12: The globular cluster M 5 (pink cumulus), of the Serpent constellation, can be seen most of the night to the east of the celestial sphere.
- May 13 at 1:07 p.m.: will register a conjunction of the Moon and Saturnwith the Moon at 3° 17′ south of Saturn, in the direction of the constellation Aquarius.
- May 19 at 3:54 p.m.: A new Moon with a geocentric distance of 386 thousand 881 kilometers and an angular size of 30.9 minutes of arc.
- May 20th: The globular cluster M13 (Hercules Great Cluster), of the constellation Hercules, can be seen most of the night towards the northeast of the celestial sphere.
- may 27th: The globular cluster M4 (Crab Cluster), in the direction of the constellation of the Scorpion, it will be possible to see most of the night towards the southeast of the celestial sphere.
Now you know how to see the meteor shower and other astronomical events in May 2023.
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