Let's see shooting stars !
Shootingstar is famous astronomical phenomenon
, because we can see it easly. There are
a lot of people who have not seen only milky
way , but also shooting star by the light
of cities. This page is made for such person.
I hope more people could enjoy star by making
of this page.
1.what is Meteor Shower?
You may hear "a lot of shootingstars
could be seen tonight" in the news.
There are days in which we could see a lot
of shooting stars in a year and those are
so called meteor shower.
table . meteor shower best 10
| meteor shower |
date of maximum |
hourly rate |
associated object |
coment by S.Kanda (from Japan) |
| Quadrantis |
Jan.3 |
40 |
|
One of the three greatest meteor shower.
There is clear peak in morning of Jan4 in
Japan. |
| Lyrids |
Apr.21 |
15 |
Comet Thatcher |
|
| Eta Aquirids |
May 4 |
20 |
Comet Halley |
We could see some Shooting stars from down
to up , because radiant rises in the morning. |
| Delta Aquirids |
July 28 |
20 |
|
?? I haven't seen yet. It is rainy season
in Japan. |
| Perseids |
Aug.11 |
50 |
Comet Swift-Tuttle |
One of the three greatest meteor shower.
Bright , Fast and some of meteor leave trains.
It is easy to see because of warmth in northern
hemisphere and number of meteor is the highest. |
| Orionids |
Oct.21 |
25 |
Comet Halley |
We could see in last ten days of the Month. |
| South Taurids |
Nov.3 |
15 |
Comet Encke |
|
| Leonids |
Nov.17 |
15 |
Comet Temple-Tuttle |
It is likely to be great every 33 years.
I really want to see it! The next is 2032?? |
| Geminids |
Dec.13 |
50 |
Asteroid Phaethon |
One of the three greatest meteor shower.
It is recommended because the number of meteors
is high and we could see all night long. |
| Ursids |
Dec.22 |
15 |
Comet Tuttle |
|
#This table is the best ten of meteor showers
in a year. Data in this table from Pasachoff
& Menzel "Stars and Planets"
Although it is a little different from my
knowledge , I carried them with those were.
Remember to confirm the date of maximum by
web site or literature because it differs by year. More details to S.Kanda (
)
How do you feel until here? Do you know that
there are a lot of meteor showers like this?
In addition to this list , there are another
meteor showers less than 10 per hour.
By the way , meteor shower is caused by movement
of Earth into a stream of particles. Associated object in this Table are comets except Asteroid
Phaethon. The days when Earth's orbit cross
the particles from these comets are meteor
shower and fixed to an extent. There are
some meteor showers which appear per certain
years ,and it is imagined from the fact that
Comet Halley returns every 76 years. Leonids
is typical example , that is particularly
spectacular every 33 years. And some of meteor
shower are named after constellation ,which
have radiant.
2.How to see ?
You need nothing to see shooting stars except
your naked eyes! But , if you knew facts
that written in this chapter , you might
think "I want to go to see shootingstar
one more time!!" after seeing shooting
stars.
- place
- Disatant from cities and open. You can see
more shootingstars in which you can see
a
lot of stars.
- take easy position
- You have better to take easy position . Because
the longer you see stars , the more shootingstars
appears. It is good that lay your body
on
mat. It is also good for bringing sleepingbag
or blanket.
- fully protection for cold
- The strongest enermy for watching stars is
cold! It is very cold that you can imagine
from usual life of cities. You must fully
protect for cold , especially for tall mountains.
The knack is feet protection for cold. Please
bring body heater , gloves , muffler , earmuffs
and cap.
- radiant
- It is the same as ordinarily sky watching
until here. But there is a radiant for meteor
shower. You can see shootingstars from one
point tracing back the paths of each ones,
which is called radiant. You might see more shootingstars by look
around the radiant.
3.enjoy shooting stars!
Let's enjoy shooting stars reading until
here! It will be great experience to watch
stars. Go after enough rest. Do not force
yourself to see shooting stars and sleep
under stars or on driving.
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