101 Amazing Sights of the Night Sky by George Moromisato

Author:George Moromisato
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: eBook ISBN: 9781591936848
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Published: 2017-03-12T05:00:00+00:00

OBSERVING TIPS

Recurring showers. As the Earth goes around the sun, it passes through several dusty patches left behind by orbiting comets. The most famous tend to reliably result in at least a meteor shower and occasionally bloom into a full-blown storm; during a meteor shower, the meteors appear to emerge from a specific part of the sky. For this reason, they’re usually associated with specific constellations (listed below).

• Quadrantids (Boötes): January 3rd to 4th.

• Eta Aquarids (Aquarius): May 4th to 5th.

• Perseids (Perseus): August 12th to 13th.

• Leonids (Leo): November 16th to 17th.

• Geminids (Gemini): December 13th to 14th.

Stay warm. The best time to see a meteor shower is usually after midnight, when the night-side of Earth is facing forward on its orbit. You’ll be outside for a couple of hours, watching the show, so make sure you stay warm. Get some lawn chairs, blankets, some good friends, and just stare up at the sky.

Find the radiant. You might notice that many shooting stars seem to start at one area in the sky and radiate away in random directions. The center area is the point at which the Earth is intersecting the dust swarm. Recurring showers are usually named after the constellation they’re coming from. The Leonids, for example, seem to radiate out from the constellation Leo.

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