The Gemini meteor shower ushered in a huge on the 14th Let's take a look

Source: CCTV news client

Attention friends who like meteor showers! As the last large-scale meteor shower of the year, the Gemini meteor shower will be extremely large on December 14. The Gemini meteor shower is known for its large and stable flow, and its significant features are that the meteors are slower, colorful, and many fire meteors, which are suitable for both visual and astronomical photography beginners.

Xiu Lipeng, director of the Tianjin Astronomical Society and an astronomical science expert, said that the 14th is the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the moon phase is the bumpy moon, and the bright moonlight will interfere with the observation, fortunately, in the second half of the night, the moon will fall, and the radiation point of the Gemini meteor shower will also rise relatively high. Friends who like meteor showers can choose a place with a high altitude, little light damage, and a wide field of vision facing northeast in the suburbs or countryside, and then patiently wait until the moon sets and visually observe. It should be noted that the Flow of the Gemini Meteor Shower in all directions is very large, and it is not necessary to stare at the radiation points of the Gemini Meteor Shower all the time when observing.