14 December sky over St. Petersburg to complement the flow of bright meteors Geminids. This meteor “river” – insanely beautiful phenomenon. It can be observed during the period of 14.12-17.12.2016 year, said an employee of the city planetarium Maria Boruch.
As Maria explains Boruch, then a meteor will comprise 120 of heavenly bodies every hour. This process is so incredible as the Perseid meteor shower, which took place in August. Astrofografy very fond of this phenomenon, because of the low rate of the Geminids, they are visible in the sky for a long time, and meteors appear in it more often.
Also, in the last days of the current month in the sky will be another stream – Ursids. In particular, it is possible to see the 23rd, but, alas, that day will be a full moon that hurt to see meteor shower.
In December and January fly by Comet Catalina, which can be seen with the naked eye. However, it is best to consider the need to leave the city.
The Geminids meteor shower – one of the brightest cosmic rain of giant – began December 7 and will last for several weeks. The peak of the cosmic rain fell on 13 and 14 December. These days per hour dropped to 120 meteors. Watch them to be absolutely in any hemisphere.
In the countryside Geminids can be seen particularly impressive, while in the cities, because of the haze and bright artificial light, it is possible to see only the brightest “shooting stars” .
Falling meteor – it fragments of the asteroid Phaethon, which was unveiled by scientists in 1982. Meteors are faced with the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 35 km / s.
In Primorye, the highest intensity of meteor molasses expected on the night of December 15th. But consider the incident a “star” could not – the weather intervened. All the sky was overcast. However, the chance to see a “shooting star” and make a wish at the townspeople have until December 17.
When you reach this stream of maximum intensity in a clean, dark sky you will see dozens of “shooting stars” or meteors (the theoretical maximum is about 120 meteors per hour). Meteors are caused by the occurrence of small (from millimeter to centimeter) particles in the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, burning them and heating the surrounding air particles to extremely high temperatures, which is observed as a short-lived flare in the sky bright light strip. In the case of “Geminids” These particles are fragments of the asteroid object 3200 Phaethon, which is considered by many astronomers, is extinct comet.
These meteors appear in the sky of the so-called “radiant”, a point within the boundaries Gemini (lat. Gemini), which accounts for the name “Geminids.” Moon in the sky will not be for much of the night, at which the maximum flow, so you can expect that the observations “Geminids” this year will not disappoint fans of “celestial fireworks.” It is worth noting that, unlike many other astronomical events meteor showers are best seen without a telescope, and their observation with the naked eye is particularly attractive for beginners amateur astronomers.
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