May astronomical events are accompanied by two meteor showers

Astronomical events in May 2024 they start with meteor Rain wonderful, since this will happen near the new moon. This ensures skies are dark enough for astronomy enthusiasts to see as many meteors as possible. If, of course, we move away from light pollution in cities.

Just a day New moon There will be another meteor shower. It will be much less intense than the first one, but with this darkness it’s worth trying to see it. Otherwise, as with all astronomical events, May will be beautiful unions and days full moon surrounded by legends.

May is a great time to get outside and look at the sky: spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the south bring still mild temperatures. Any day is good for this.

Meteor shower will mark the beginning of astronomical events

The first of the May astronomical meteor showers is eta aquarids. They began to be seen on April 19 and we will be able to enjoy them until May 28, but their peak will be on night from 5 to 6 May. Although they can wait until 60 meteors per hourin the northern hemisphere it is expected that we will see about half. Despite this, this is a fairly large number, which will be accompanied by the dark sky of the almost new moon. The best time to see this will be after midnight.

As for the second meteor shower, we are talking about this Lyrids, this will happen on the night of May 8, which just coincides with the new moon. They are waiting alone 2 meteors per hour at its peak, but the sky will be so dark that we will not lose anything by going out to watch during the hours of twilight and sunset. Perhaps a few eta aquarids will sneak in, so there’s a silver lining.

Moon of Flowers

He May, 23rd The Full Moon will look great in the sky. This is what is known as a Full Flower Moon. The ancient Native Americans called it this because it coincided with a time of greater flowering of plants. Spring in all its glory.

These astronomical events could not lack conjunctions.

As always, the astronomical events of May are full of coincidences. In this case, we will be able to see the Moon next to Saturn on the 4th, Mars on the 5th, Mercury on the 6th and Saturn on the 31st. In addition, there will be two solar conjunctions, one with the Sun. with Uranus on May 13th and another with Jupiter on May 18th. Finally, other interesting conjunctions of these astronomical events are the conjunction of Mercury with the dwarf planet Eris on May 14th and the conjunction of Mercury with Uranus on the last day of the month.

Any of these points is good for Look and take a photo of the sky. We always say: you don’t need excuses. Either way, if you enjoy watching the sky, be sure to write these dates down in your diary.