The most important shower of stars of spring , the "Eta Aquarids" that illuminate the sky since last April 20 and until next May 20, offer us their best show at dawn from May 5 to 6, since It is at this time that they will shine most brightly.
This shower of stars occurs because the Earth passes through an area that Halley's Comet passed through, on whose journey it releases small metallic particles that penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, which disintegrate and become the shooting stars that we can appreciate and enjoy in heaven.
The best time to see this shower of stars will be around 9 in the morning (peninsular time), just before sunrise, so that the Moon, which is in its waxing phase, is not a problem to appreciate this show .
Another of the positive points of this particular meteor shower is that the observation will be possible from anywhere in the world without the need for specialized devices, as long as it is clear and dark; Just look to the southeast of the horizon, in the direction of the constellation Aquarius.
Astronomers' forecasts suggest that this phenomenon will offer us about 70 meteors per hour (about 1 every minute), so it will be as active as the Leonids, Perseids or Lyrid.
