It's coming~It's coming~
The first meteor shower of the year
- Quadrant meteor shower
It will be very big today (January 4).
Friends who like romance
Set your alarm clock
The reporter learned from the Fujian Astronomical Society that the first meteor shower in 2024, the quadrant meteor shower, will usher in a maximum on January 4, and the maximum flow is expected to be about 80 this year, adding romance to the starry sky stage at the beginning of the year.
Big Double
The quadrant meteor shower will usher in a maximum
Quadrant meteor shower
With Perseid meteor shower, Geminid meteor shower
It is also known as the "three major meteor showers in the Northern Hemisphere"
Pan Xiaoqing, Secretary General of the Fujian Astronomical Society
Compared with other meteor showers, the peak period of the quadrant meteor shower is short, and the flow will drop rapidly after the peak, but there will often be bright fire meteors, which have a certain ornamentation.
The active period of the quadrant meteor shower is from December 28 to January 12 of the following year, with a peak between January 3 and 4, and the maximum time of the quadrant meteor shower this year occurs at 17 o'clock on the 4th of the mainland.
"The radiant of the quadrant meteor shower will not rise until the second half of the night, and if the weather conditions permit, it is recommended that meteor shower 'enthusiasts' observe it in the second half of the night on January 4, but this time the meteor shower is also disturbed by the moonlight, and the actual number of meteors that can be seen is not very large. ”
Pan Xiaoqing introduced
It is different from other celestial phenomena
You don't need a telescope to observe meteor showers
You just need to choose an open space with no light pollution
and flat and safe locations
Observe with the naked eye
If you missed the quadrant meteor shower
Don't be sorry either
January
Venus conjunct the Moon and Mercury at great western elongation
Saturn-Moon conjunct Moon and Mercury and Mars are extremely close
and other "celestial phenomena" staged in turn
Source: Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News, Southeast Network, etc
Editor: Zhan Lin
Review: Cai Lixian
Supervisor: Ke Wanping
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