Space Weather News for May 2, 2006

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METEOR SHOWER: Earth is about to pass through a stream of dust from Halley's
Comet, and this will produce the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower. The shower
peaks on Saturday, May 6th, with 10 meteors per hour in the northern hemisphere
and as many as 60 meteors per hour in the southern hemisphere. The best time to
look is during the hours immediately before sunrise on Saturday morning.

PHOTO OP: On May 7th, the biggest fragment of dying comet 73P/Schwassmann
Wachmann 3 will glide by the Ring Nebula in Lyra. The view through backyard
telescopes should be wonderful. This is an opportunity for astrophotographers to
take some rare photos of a comet and a planetary nebula side by side.

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