Kvadrantidit the meteor shower crosses the orbit of Earth early Friday morning 4. January. Friday morning is a chance to see the handsome star. EPA / AOP
If the weather is clear, one can see in principle at least ten shooting stars an hour during.
star swarm forming very small pieces. It is the comet or asteroid left behind by the dust – and kiviv of age, whose most typical part is not sugar larger.
Although the pieces are small, their view is explained by the fact that they encounter the Earth’s orbit at a high speed of 41 miles per second. Hours the speed is 147 600 miles. The songs heated up the air resistance, and also the air mass around them is heating up. This is visible to the human eye, a shooting star streaks the sky.
none of the song doesn’t end up on the Ground.
Friday morning
the Best time to watch now the near future of shooting stars is Friday 4. January, at 4 o’clock, when there is a swarm of so-called maximum.
– the Problem with this loft is that the time window is small, for 2-4 hours, say Ursa ry, the meteor group leader Jaakko Visuri .
falling stars is worth trying to see as soon for the night, from the morning of the last twilight. They can appear anywhere in the sky.
Even once in half a minute
Now kvadrantidit the activity is estimated in advance to chapter 120, which means, how many shooting stars can you see hour of the period, namely in this case an average of once every six minutes.
of Course, this is not always the case and not one person can see everything. In addition, the city conditions, other lighting in mind. The darker the environment, the better I can see.
star flight, flock of activity varies. In 2014, a figure which the star could have an hour to see, was 300, and in 2008, less than a hundred. Now the forecast is therefore 120.
But only then, when they are, we know what that number is, say Jaakko Visuri.
the Best way to observe a meteor shower is for. The binoculars have no advantage.
the Country near always in January
Kvadrantidit return every January to the beginning of the Country up close. They circulate in the 71-degree angle, i.e. quite upright the planet.
around the Sun, but tilted, describes James Visuri.
the meteor shower is several and kvadrantidit the three most famous among the finns would say. The other two known flocks are the perseids and geminidit.
– Kvadrantidit are nice, that they rise high for this time of year, but the weather is not always possible for them to see, tell Visuri.
