Meteor Shower Phoenix

The first meteor shower of 2020 should be a pretty good one said patrick young a professor at arizona state university s school of earth and space exploration.

Meteor shower phoenix. Phoenix look at the delta aquarid meteor shower which peaks tuesday and wednesday over phoenix as a dress rehearsal for what s to come as you cast your eyes toward the skies in search of something still normal this summer and that hasn t been the upended by the coronavirus. Cosmic diversion watch date in phoenix phoenix az the lyrids the first of the spring and summer meteor showers called old faithful offer a chance to get outside. Lyrid meteor shower peak.

Powered by microsoft news. The delta aquarids are about to peak and the perseids are flying. According to pete turner of the phoenix astronomical society that will happen from tuesday august 11 to thursday august 13 when.

The best time to view the meteor shower is during its peak. The lyrids isn t the most plentiful meteor shower about 10 to 20 meteors an hour at the peak. The lyrid meteor shower so named because it appears to emanate from the constellation lyra happens every april when the earth s orbit passes through a comet s debris field.

Msn back to msn home weather. If you want to catch the best view of it head out of town and away from. Phoenix 3tv cbs 5 stargazers and space enthusiasts get ready for a major meteor shower kevin schindler a historian at lowell observatory in flagstaff says there is something significant.

But the lack of moonlight means it should be easier to spot the meteors schindler said. Delta aquarid meteor shower. The best viewing will be after.