Can η-Aquariids be seen in Russia?
Moscow, capital of Russia.
We recommend you read the introduction to meteor showers.
η-Aquariids(ETA) meteor shower will be active from Sunday, April 19 2020 until Thursday, May 28 2020. Its peak day is Wednesday, May 6 2020, according to information published by the International Meteor Organization. For more information, check out the meteor shower calendar 2020.
Position of η-Aquariids
η-Aquariids's radiant during its peak day will be at alpha=338°, delta=-01°. The zenithal hourly rate is: 50 meteors per hour.
The visibility of a meteor shower depends on several factors: geographic coordinates of observer and elevation, time of the day, city lights pollution, the weather and the terrain. For reference, we have calculated the position (elevation / azimuth) of η-Aquariids's radiant in the sky during its peak day, Wednesday, May 6 2020, for the following cities in Russia.
| City | Time | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 00:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 | |||||||||||||
| Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | |
| Moscow | - | - | - | - | 15° | 115° | 28° | 144° | 33° | 179° | 29° | 213° | 16° | 243° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adygeya | - | - | - | - | 20° | 113° | 37° | 141° | 44° | 180° | 37° | 219° | 20° | 247° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaliningrad Oblast | - | - | - | - | 14° | 113° | 28° | 141° | 35° | 176° | 30° | 211° | 18° | 241° | 1° | 267° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Volgograd | - | - | 3° | 95° | 22° | 119° | 36° | 149° | 40° | 187° | 32° | 223° | 15° | 251° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samara | - | - | - | - | 15° | 112° | 29° | 140° | 36° | 175° | 32° | 211° | 19° | 242° | 1° | 267° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yekaterinburg | - | - | - | - | 11° | 109° | 25° | 137° | 32° | 170° | 30° | 205° | 19° | 236° | 4° | 263° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Omsk | - | - | - | - | 10° | 106° | 25° | 134° | 33° | 167° | 32° | 203° | 21° | 235° | 5° | 261° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Novosibirsk | - | - | - | - | 7° | 102° | 22° | 128° | 32° | 160° | 33° | 196° | 24° | 229° | 8° | 256° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Novokuznetsk | - | - | - | - | 10° | 105° | 26° | 132° | 35° | 166° | 34° | 202° | 23° | 234° | 6° | 260° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Krasnoyarsk | - | - | - | - | 12° | 110° | 26° | 139° | 33° | 172° | 30° | 208° | 19° | 238° | 3° | 264° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Irkutsk | - | - | - | - | 11° | 107° | 27° | 134° | 36° | 168° | 34° | 205° | 22° | 236° | 5° | 262° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakutsk | - | - | - | - | 13° | 118° | 23° | 147° | 27° | 180° | 23° | 213° | 13° | 243° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vladivostok | - | - | - | - | 12° | 103° | 32° | 127° | 45° | 162° | 43° | 205° | 29° | 237° | 8° | 261° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamchatka | - | - | - | - | 8° | 102° | 24° | 128° | 35° | 161° | 35° | 198° | 25° | 230° | 9° | 257° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anadyr | - | - | 0° | 93° | 13° | 121° | 22° | 151° | 25° | 183° | 20° | 216° | 10° | 245° | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The Sky and Stars in Russia
The following is a simulation of the sky and stars as seen from Moscow, Russia during its peak day starting at 00:00.
You may adjust the speed of the simulator backward or forward to see the movement of the radiant over the horizon.
| Moscow | Adygeya | Kaliningrad Oblast | Volgograd | Samara | Yekaterinburg | Omsk | Novosibirsk | Novokuznetsk | Krasnoyarsk | Irkutsk | Yakutsk | Vladivostok | Kamchatka | Anadyr |