2023-12-11 23:00:00
Written by Mahmoud Ragheb Tuesday, December 12, 2023 01:00 AM Specialists and amateur astronomers are preparing to monitor and follow a shower Geminid meteors Or Gemini, which illuminates the sky with about 120 multi-colored meteors per hour. This will take place in a wonderful astronomical spectacle tomorrow night, Wednesday, and will continue until dawn next Thursday.
Dr. Ashraf Tadros, professor of astronomy at the National Institute, said For astronomical research Geophysically, the Geminid meteors are the queen of meteor showers, and are preferred by many as they are considered the best and most beautiful meteor showers throughout the year. He stressed that conditions will be prepared to see one meteor every minute, especially since the absence of the moon that night will make the viewing ideal for many meteors.
The moon will not be visible in the sky all night next Wednesday, marking the beginning of the birth of the new moon. Where the moon rises with the sun and sets completely with it, its bright side is facing the sun and its dark side is facing the earth.
This night is considered the best night during the month in general, and it is much preferred by astronomers for observing faint celestial bodies such as galaxies, star clusters, and stars of distant constellations.
Geminid meteors fall annually from December 7 to December 17, and this year they peak on the night of December 13 and dawn of December 14, and are best viewed from a completely dark place away from city lights. Where meteors fall as if they were coming from the constellation Gemini (the Twins), which is the reason for its name, but they can appear anywhere else in the sky.
The Geminid shower results from dusty debris left behind by the asteroid Phaethon 3200, which was discovered in 1982. Meteor showers are generally visible with the naked eye and do not require binoculars or astronomical telescopes, provided they are far from city lighting and the sky is free of clouds, dust, and water vapor.
Meteors arise when the Earth, during its rotation around the Sun, passes through dense gatherings of dust and pebbles scattered along the orbits of comets and asteroids. They collide with the top of the Earth’s atmosphere and burn at an altitude of between 70 and 100 kilometers and appear to us as a strip of light. This leads to the occurrence of meteor showers that are repeated throughout the Earth. Annual basis.
He stressed that the appearance of these meteors in the sky does not cause any harm to a person or his daily activity on Earth, as they enter the atmosphere and burn in it at an altitude of more than 70 kilometers from the surface of the Earth. Watching them is enjoyable and amateur astronomers and those interested in astronomy and space science love to follow and photograph them.
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