Sinai’s Clear Sky’s for Perfect Star Gazing
With the desert just on our doorstep and the fantastic lack of light pollution Sharm el Sheikh is the perfect place to
star gaze. Many visitors coming from large cities never have the chance to see the twinkling night sky and the
amazing ‘Milky Way’.
On Monday July 30th Sharm residents and visitors were treated to a spectacular meteor shower ‘The Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower’.
The peak of the shower was on the 30th July but the phenomena could extend to the beginning of August said the head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG).
Sharm’s visitors will be able to see the falling meteors by naked eye before dawn, Tadros said, adding that the expected meteors rate will vary from 15 to 20 per hour.
The shower peaked at the new moon phase meaning that the dark skies were optimal for viewing.
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