Chinanews.com, Nanjing, August 30 (Yang Yanci) According to news from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 30th, the Auriga meteor shower will usher in its maximum period on the 31st, becoming the finale of the August Tianyu performance.
According to astronomers, the active period of the Auriga meteor shower is from August 28 to September 5 each year, usually around August 31 to September 1, and the meteor shower will usher in a great deal.
However, according to historical records, the extreme duration of the Auriga meteor shower is short, and there are occasional outbreaks. In normal years, the ZHR (theoretical number of zenith meteors per hour) of this meteor shower only has single digits. Therefore, to capture this romantic phenomenon, you need enough patience.
Although the Auriga meteor shower is a cluster of meteors with very small flow, in places with low light pollution, the patient public can still catch the super bright meteors with long tails ejected from the radiant point as long as they face the southeast sky.
For observers in the northern hemisphere, the radiant point of the Auriga meteor shower this year will be below the horizon, which is not suitable for observation. And if you are in the southern hemisphere, you might as well get up early and encounter a meteor shower in the winter morning sun in the southern hemisphere.
In addition, at the end of this month, Mars will bring "God Assists" to make Tianyu more lively. On August 31st, Mars will approach the dwarf planet Eris (Eris), which is a great opportunity for finding the position of Mars to observe Eris.
On that day, the distance between Mars and Eris (Eris) in the sky was no more than 7°58'. Interested members of the public can locate through the star-finding software and look for the pictures of the two stars nestling together. (Finish)