Do not Miss Spectacular Meteor Draconid
Meteor shower will adorn the horizon again this October. This week, Draconid meteor shower can be witnessed throughout Indonesia and the northern hemisphere the equatorwith a peak at 7 or October 8 nights. At that time, it is estimated thousands of meteors willfall every hour so that it becomes an amazing sight.
"Meteor shower is very fantastic. There will be a meteor that crashed 500-1000 per hour at its peak later," said Judge L. Sit, Bosscha Observatory Director, Lembang, West Bandung regency, Wednesday (5 / 10).
The judge said the meteor shower is predicted to occur in Draconid 7 or October 8 at 00.00 pm the night before. Meteor showers from the direction of the constellation Dracowould appear from the north and can be seen communities across Indonsesia and a number of countries in the region north of the equator as the Middle East and northernAfrica. While countries in the south of the equator such as Australia, New Zealand, andSouth Africa can not watch the sight.
The number of meteors that reach thousands per hour at the peak of the meteor showerDraconid later, be good news for lovers of astronomy because it can be more clearly seen with the naked eye. However, the bad news, on the night of the sighting the moon almost full, so less likely to be able to enjoy these natural phenomena.
From various sources of scientific, Draconid meteor shower comes from dust remainingGiacobini-Zinner comet named after its discoverer. Sercara periodic comet appears onceevery 6 years. Draconid devastating meteor shower that had occurred in 1933, 1946, and 1998 amounting to hundreds of meteors per hour.
Meteor shower will adorn the horizon again this October. This week, Draconid meteor shower can be witnessed throughout Indonesia and the northern hemisphere the equatorwith a peak at 7 or October 8 nights. At that time, it is estimated thousands of meteors willfall every hour so that it becomes an amazing sight.
"Meteor shower is very fantastic. There will be a meteor that crashed 500-1000 per hour at its peak later," said Judge L. Sit, Bosscha Observatory Director, Lembang, West Bandung regency, Wednesday (5 / 10).
The judge said the meteor shower is predicted to occur in Draconid 7 or October 8 at 00.00 pm the night before. Meteor showers from the direction of the constellation Dracowould appear from the north and can be seen communities across Indonsesia and a number of countries in the region north of the equator as the Middle East and northernAfrica. While countries in the south of the equator such as Australia, New Zealand, andSouth Africa can not watch the sight.
The number of meteors that reach thousands per hour at the peak of the meteor showerDraconid later, be good news for lovers of astronomy because it can be more clearly seen with the naked eye. However, the bad news, on the night of the sighting the moon almost full, so less likely to be able to enjoy these natural phenomena.
From various sources of scientific, Draconid meteor shower comes from dust remainingGiacobini-Zinner comet named after its discoverer. Sercara periodic comet appears onceevery 6 years. Draconid devastating meteor shower that had occurred in 1933, 1946, and 1998 amounting to hundreds of meteors per hour.
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