What's Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA

What are some skywatching highlights in May 2024?
Mars and Saturn tussle with the Moon, Mercury makes a brief a.m. appearance, East Coasters can see red giant star Antares emerge from behind the Moon, and the eta Aquariid meteors peak on May 6th.
0:00 Intro
0:15 Moon & planet highlights
1:06 Moon occults Antares
1:53 eta Aquariid meteor shower
3:54 May Moon phases
Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at science.nasa.gov/skywatching/....

[@user-lc4un8zi6m]

The What's Up videos are always so enjoyable! Bravo JPL!!! 👍

[@Rmm1722]

Yeah 😅

[@bbbenj]

Thanks for sharing these events.

[@annesortland3947]

hope this type of video comes every month

[@Rmm1722]

Right

[@TheAwesomeAnan]

Thanks for the awesome information!

[@danapeck5382]

Thanks!

[@Speed-Cecil]

Thanks NASA-JPL! I will be out for the meteor shower this weekend, if the clouds stay away. 🙏😀👍

[@Rmm1722]

Same 😅

[@AakashKalaria]

The thumbnail reminds me of Welcome To NightVale Podcast.

[@irisbraghiroli5236]

Thank you from Italy

[@Qarijameel92]

Beautiful video

[@annacale5910]

Enjoyed it, but I wish it was a little slower so I could read it.. A really neat video.

[@reddsouth3748]

Fantastic

[@user-bb1pt4wi1i]

I saw the sound light in the sky without rain 🌧️ in North London I was too scared 😟

[@Rmm1722]

Wow 😮

[@Rmm1722]

Nice 🎉

[@sajiththayath]

Awesome

[@Mrsleppyplane]

pls tell me that philiphines can witness that

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

💜

[@NeonsStyleHD]

So it seems for JPL the Southern Hemisphere doesn't exist since you never do a What's Up for those in the South!

[@bbartky]

JPL is a US agency so it should not be surprising that this video is geared toward a US audience. However, did you miss the descriptions at 1:02 and 2:58 where the narrator describes how the skies will look in the Southern Hemisphere? The narrator even mentions that the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower will look better in the Southern Hemisphere.

[@HealthZo]

whats up excellence in 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@CasIsCuriousAboutScience]

Syzygy

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😑

[@cxa24]

You're a traitor