There are no meteor showers this year

There are four relatively stable meteor showers each year, the Quadrantids in January, the Lyrid meteor shower in April, the Perseid I meteor shower in August, and the Geminid meteor shower in December.

April 22, 2012, the evening of the Lyrid meteor shower.

It can be seen from the evening of the 22nd to the next day, the number of meteors is more than 100 per hour, and the radiant Lyra is visible in the east at about 10 pm on the 22nd, which can assist the bright star of Lyra to distinguish, Vega, which is the fifth brightest star on the earth in addition to the sun, and it is also more conspicuous. And at this time, the moon has set in the west, which is also a very important condition, without the interference of moonlight, it is of great value for appreciating meteor showers. Also, the landlord should not think that the meteor shower is like rain like what you see on TV, it is called a meteor shower, a meteor shower refers to more than 1,000 meteors per hour, and the most recent meteor shower was in the Leonid meteor shower in 2001, so this meteor shower is difficult to wait.

What we usually say is more common, generally a dozen or more than a hundred per hour.

Here are some things to keep in mind about appreciating meteor showers:

1.Find the radiant of the meteor shower, don't look at the sky aimlessly, for example, the Quadrantid meteor shower a few days ago, the radiant rises at about 1 o'clock in the eastern sky, so we need to look in the direction of the eastern sky: the best time to observe is in the second half of the night.

2.To find a place with less light pollution and the best air, the light source is a big obstacle to seeing the meteor shower, so the place you find should have at least about 100 stars to see, so that the effect will be better.

3.Dark adaptation, when looking at the starry sky from a place of light to a dark place, it takes about a minute to get your eyes used to the darkness.

4.When watching meteor showers, you need to use star charts, flashlights and other tools to find the radiant points, and remember to cover a layer of red cloth when looking at the star map with a flashlight, so that it will not be too dazzling and affect**.

5.Remember to see with the naked eye, it is not suitable to use a telescope to see meteor showers, because the field of view of the telescope is too small, the field of view seen by the naked eye is relatively large, the number of sights is more, and the opportunity is relatively large, from the perspective of the earth, there will be more meteors in the second half of the night, which is also very related to the brightness of the sky and the surrounding environment, because many people have fallen asleep in the second half of the night, the light pollution is naturally smaller, and the brightness of the sky is darker, which is more conducive to watching meteors.

6.**In winter, you should pay attention to keeping warm in meteor showers, you can get a blanket on the ground to cushion and pay attention to keeping warm; **Meteor showers in summer should pay attention to mosquito prevention, etc.;

7.Record the number of fire meteors and bright meteors you see, and count how many meteors you see.

Hope it helps.

Meteor showers don't happen every year. A meteor shower is an astronomical phenomenon in which many meteors are emitted from a so-called radiant in the sky in the night sky. These meteors are fragments of the universe known as meteoroids, which are projected into the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds as they orbit in parallel orbits.

Most meteoroids are smaller than gravel, so almost all meteoroids will be destroyed in the atmosphere and will not hit the surface of the Earth when they are buried; Debris that is capable of hitting the Earth's surface is called a meteorite.

Every year the Earth passes through the orbits of many comets, and periodic meteor showers occur if there are meteoroid particles in the orbit. A meteor shower that occurs when only the parent comet has orbited to perihelion is called a near-comet meteor shower. This indicates that the meteoroid population is still in the vicinity of the comet.

Comets with periods of less than a few hundred years are more likely to form meteor showers of this type.