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last head meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks this weekend and will be visible through Christmas.
However, compared to others, this shower will brighten the sky at night and in the morning. meteor showerIt’s a little more quiet.
Meteor showers occur when space rocks collide EarthThe atmosphere burns at extremely high speed and catches fire – the end of a “shooting star”.
random meteor are visible from Earth on any clear night, but more predictable meteor showers occur annually when Earth passes through streams of cosmic leftovers. comet Or asteroid.
The Ursids are at their peak from Sunday night to Monday morning and will be visible from the Northern Hemisphere through December 26.
According to the American Meteor Society, skygazers typically see five to 10 meteors per hour during apogee and there is a potential for up to 25 meteor bursts per hour.
How active the shower will be visible from Earth depends on its size. debris and this moonThe brightness of which can obscure bright meteors. Ursids have fewer features space debris as compared to other rains geminidsBut when they are at their peak the narrow crescent will not be much of a hindrance.
No special equipment is required to view a meteor shower. To see the Ursids, which come from a comet called 8P/Tuttle, bundle up and get away from city lights.
“The darker your sky, the better the rain,” said the astronomer. peter brown with Western University Canada,
The meteors can be seen all over the sky, but all the streaks will appear to come from a central point near the constellation for which the shower is named. In this case, that constellation is Ursa Minor, also known as the Little Dipper.
Once it gets dark, avoid bright cellphone light, which will make it harder for your eyes to adjust.