One meteor every five minutes isn’t much of a show, but if you have to be up anyway and you can find a pretty clear horizon (nevermind trying to escape light pollution, that’s too far to drive) meteorologist Bob Rose has a reminder:
"The Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on Friday, July 28th. Go outside before dawn on Friday morning, look south, and you could see a meteor every five minutes or so. No one knows where these meteors come from. They could be remains of a long-dead comet or debris from an asteroid-asteroid collision. Curious fact: There is a debris stream nearly parallel to this one. Earth will pass through it on August 8th, producing the Northern Delta Aquarid meteor shower. It’s a mystery, too."
Lotsa mysteries in the naked universe. The meteor "season," so to speak, is just getting underway (see Stardate list of upcomers), so if you don’t have to be up around 4 a.m. Friday, it’s good to start thinking about making time to do it in the months ahead, to go see a reminder of where you live. The big picture.
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