Sky-Gazers may have a good chance to see fire balls over the night sky this week. Two meteor showers – Alpha Capricorns and Southern Delta Aquariids – will reach their peak while the other will increase.
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower, which is best known for producing very bright meteors called Fireballs, which may look like shooting stars, will be most visible on Wednesday at 1 pm, according to Robert Lunsford, the American Meteor Society Fireball Reportor coordinator. Its radiation is the point where the meteor stripes appear to be originated – in the Capricorn constellation.
Alfa whims are visible worldwide, but most often visible from the southern hemisphere in places such as Australia and Africa, according to Bill Cooke, the head of the NASA Meteoroid Environment Bureau. These meteors are expected to appear at speeds of three to five per hour. If you are looking from the northern hemisphere, keep the low eye along the southern sky to look at your gaze.
If you stay later at 3 p.m. You will be able to see the achievement of Southern Delta Aquariids, Lunsford said. The southern aquariums of delta, which are also most visible in the southern hemisphere, create a stronger shower than Capricorns; People in the northern hemisphere, such as the US, can expect to review up to 10 to 15 meteors per hour and in the southern hemisphere 20 to 25 per hour.
Aquarium flows flow from the southern part of the constellation of water, located about 40 degrees east of the Capricorn constellation, says Lunsford: “They intend to conduct a battle by shooting back and forth to each other.”
Both showers will be visible by August 13, although there are some disagreement over the date on which their peaks will take place. Although experts from the American Meteor Society say peak activities will take place on Tuesday night until early Wednesday morning, NASA says it will take place on Wednesday night on Thursday.
“The time of the meteor shower is not constant every year. This may vary with the plus or minus a day or two,” Cooke said.
However, according to Lunsford, there is a lack of peak, what to worry about. “This is not a true sharp top … You can go (turn on) 31 or 29th and see almost the same activity.”
If you want the best to watch, avoid seats with bright lights and objects that could obscure your view of the sky, such as tall trees or buildings. Choosing a place with a higher height, such as a mountain or mountain, can make it easier to spot these showers.
Sky-Gazers can see a Persian Meteor shower with Aquariids and Capricorn meteors this week. – Florion Goga/Reuters
What makes these shows special?
According to Cook, several meteor showers appear at the same time a common phenomenon. “For example, during the Persius, you have the remains of the South Delta aquarids,” he said.
Currently, alpha whims, southern delta aquariums and persets are active and, although not the largest, you can still see some of its meteors this week. According to Lunsford, there is also the opportunity to see 10-12 meteors that are not related to any of these showers.
Both alpha whims and south delta aquariums become visible every year when the Earth passes through the garbage fields left by two Jupiter and family comts: 169p/neat (Alfa Capricornids) and P2008/Y12 (South Delta Aquariids). Cook also noted that every year we go closer to the material that produces (alpha capers) shower, core, and over 200 years it will be the strongest shower visible from the ground. It will actually produce more than 1000 (meteor chips) per hour, which is slightly stronger than it is now. ‘
For those who want to contribute to the understanding of astronomers about Meteors, this week gives you a great opportunity to count how many meteors you see in the night sky and report them in places such as the American Meteor Society.
Future meteor showers
According to the American Meteor Society and Earthsky, there are other Meteor showers, which are scheduled for 2025. And their peak dates.
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Southern Taurides: November 3-4
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North Taurides: November 8-9
Upcoming full moon
This year, pay attention to five more full moons, and Supermen will take place in October, November and December.
According to the Farmers’ Almanac, a list of full moons, remaining in 2025:
Moon and Sun Eclipses 2025
Two eclipse events will take place after the summer.
Based on Time and Data, Time and Data on September 7 and 8. The total lunar eclipse will be visible in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Eastern South America, Alaska and Antarctica.
The lunar eclipse occurs when the earth passes exactly between the sun and the moon, condemning the latter into the shadows and, making it darker or dim.
When the moon sits in the darkest part of the Earth, the sun’s rays bend around the Earth and break the light on the surface of the moon, which gives it a pink tint, the London Museum of Natural History reports. Some people call the results “blood moon”.
Two weeks after the entire lunar eclipse, the partial eclipse of the sun will be visible at the locations of Australia, Atlantic, Pacific and Antarctica, September 21.
Solar eclipses occur when the moon moves between the sun and the earth, from the image, according to NASA. It creates the shape of a crescent – as if something from the sun was “bite”.
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