Doha: The residents of northern hemisphere, including the resident of Qatar, will have a good chance to seeing and observing Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which will illuminate northern hemisphere sky from the evening of tomorrow till the dawn of Wednesday, Qatar Calendar House (QCH) has announced.
According to astronomer experts on meteors shower observations, Eta Aquarid meteor shower is one of an important meteors showers seen from earth, where the average rate of Eta Aquarid showers flow will be 50 Eta Aquarid meteors per hour.
Moreover, it is usually active every year from April 19 till May 28, while its peak occurs from evening of May 5, till dawn of May 6, astronomer expert at (QCH) Dr. Beshir Marzouk said.
Generally, observing meteor shower does not need astronomical instrumentation therefore Qatar residents and the resident of countries in northern hemisphere can see Eta Aquarid meteor showers with naked eye from places without light and environment pollution (pure sky), and darker places, he said, adding the people need to look to south-east horizon of the sky from midnight till the dawn of Wednesday to catch Eta Aquarid meteor showers.
People can also take a nice photo for Eta Aquarid meteor shower by using recent digital cameras, but they have to increase an exposure time of camera when taking photo to get best photos OF meteor shower, Dr. Beshir Marzouk added.
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is created by debris from “Halley Comet” where the earth passes through the dust and debris it leaves behind during end of April till the last week of May every year.
Halley Comet needs to around 76 years to make a complete revolution around Sun so it can be seen from earth every 76th year where the last time seen from earth was in 1986, while the next time to be seen in 2062.
