The first meteor shower in 2020 will be staged on the weekend! Turn up reminder! At the beginning of the new year, the quadrant meteor shower will be staged on time! Quadrant meteor shower is a large meteor shower that occurs at the beginning of each year. For the Chinese public, the better observation period is from the evening of January 3 to the early morning of January 4. About 120 meteors may be crossed in the sky every hour! What's your new year's resolution&# 8203;
According to media reports, the scientific report points out that the first astronomical spectacle in 2020 will be staged. It will occur around 16:20 on January 4, that is, the moment of maximum value, and the number of stars can reach 120 per hour, which is also one of the largest meteoric rain in 2020. It is worth noting that not only meteor showers, but also celestial phenomena such as' penumbra lunar eclipse ',' Mars Hexin Antares' and 'Venus moon' will appear in turn in January 2020.
The 'quadrant meteor shower' itself has a phased time, but this time it is the strongest on January 4. The observable time period of 'quadrant meteor shower' is from December 28 to January 12 of the next year, so the overall time range is still relatively large, but there are too few at this stage.
However, the best observation area is not in Asia, but in North America. If we want to observe, for Chinese astronomers, the early morning of January 4 is the best observation time, with about 10 stars per hour. 9 to 14 hours before the maximum, there was a maximum dominated by dark meteors, which is worth watching. So it's a little difficult to observe the biggest meteor shower.
According to the scientific report, on January 11, 2020, the spectacle of "penumbra lunar eclipse" will be staged, and this astronomical spectacle is a good opportunity for us, because China can see the whole process. The occurrence process of this "penumbra lunar eclipse" is a process from light to dark and then from dark to light, so it is in addition to meteor shower, One of the best wonders.
After that, there will be the 'Mars Hexin Zodiac' spectacle on January 17 and the 'Star Moon Fairy Tale' on January 28. Therefore, according to the comprehensive announcement, there are four astronomical wonders, and the first two are our best observations.
Meteor showers are active from the end of December to the second week of January every year. However, the intensity of the quadrant meteor shower reaches its peak in one night, and only in one night, it will spread dozens of meteors in the night sky. This year, astronomers at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, expect up to 60 stars per hour. Although active for about two weeks, the quadrant cluster produces only a single meteor before its peak. Then at the evening peak, the earth flew over the densest part of the asteroid 2003 eh1 orbit.