it House News on January 3, according to the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday (January 2), the "sky drama" at the beginning of 2024, the quadrant meteor shower will usher in a maximum on January 4, which will Sending you a romantic blessing in the New Year.
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The Quadrantid meteor shower, the Perseid meteor shower and the Geminid meteor shower are also known as the "three major meteor showers in the northern hemisphere". Compared with the other two major meteor showers, the peak period of the Quadrant meteor shower is short, and the number of meteors will drop "cliff-like" after the peak period.
Yang Jing, a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society and director of the Tianjin Astronomical Society, said: "A major feature of this meteor shower is the appearance of very bright bolide meteors. If the weather is fine, friends who like meteor showers can watch it on the 3rd and 4th. Observation in the middle of the night.”
This meteor shower will become active on December 26, 2023, and will last until January 16, 2024, but the best day to see it is this Thursday (January 4).
NASA says the Quadrantid meteor shower can produce up to 120 meteors per hour at its peak.
earthsky is estimated to reach the peak at 7:53 am Eastern Time on January 4, 2024 (it home note: 8:53 pm Beijing time on January 4).
Wang Kechao, director of science popularization at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that meteors in the Quadrant meteor shower group generally do not leave trails in the sky, but very bright fireballs often appear. Before 24:00 on January 4, viewing conditions for the Quadrantid Meteor Shower are good. However, due to the influence of moonlight after early morning, the viewing conditions are not good and the excitement will be greatly reduced.
