How to easily observe meteor showers and lunar eclipses

Meteor showers do not require a telescope for observation. Visual observation will do. Using a telescope will seriously affect the effect because of the small area of the sky.

The standard way to observe a meteor shower is to lie on the ground and observe it. In this way, the maximum number of days can be reached. Observing meteor showers is a painstaking task, requiring the preparation of reclining chairs, radios (for use at the right time), recording devices, mosquito measures, etc.

The Perseid meteor shower is at its peak around August 13-14 each year.

However, I suggest that if you are not an astronomy enthusiast, you should give up the observation of meteor showers, which will definitely disappoint you. Every time a comet returns to the vicinity of the Sun, it will strip off some material under the action of the solar wind and scatter it in space, and when the Earth meets this material, it will see a meteor appear in a radiating shape. It's called a meteor shower.

I've had a lot of questions about meteor showers before, so let's send them to the landlord again:

There are a few things to note about meteor showers:

First of all, meteor showers are not like rain as expected, as long as the meteors come out of a radiant, they can be considered meteor showers. There are nearly 40 meteor showers that can be called meteor showers every year, and you only have to think about how many meteors you can see every year. The flow of meteor showers in the forecast refers to the number of meteors that can be seen at the zenith of an hour by a person with normal vision in the absence of lights, moonlight, clear weather, and no wind when the meteor shower is at its peak.

It's hard to get to this point, so the number of meteors you can actually see is much lower. The larger meteor showers each year include the Quadrant meteor shower around January 4, the Lyrid Lyrid meteor shower around April 22, the Perseid meteor shower on August 13-14, the Leonid meteor shower on November 17-18, and the Geminid meteor shower around December 14.

Second, it is difficult to predict meteor showers to the hour, because the mass of matter that forms meteor showers is very small, and the slightest gravitational disturbance will change the time to reach the Earth.

Again, you must not use a telescope for meteor showers, you can use the naked eye, and the use of telescopes will seriously affect the effect because of the small field of view received.

Finally, my advice is that if you're not a hobby of astronomy and just want to see meteor showers, don't look no further. In fact, this is largely the result of the fact that the reporter does not understand astronomy and hype. They thought the meteor showers were the same as the one in 2001.

But if you want to observe, you have to go to the field, at least to the suburbs. Because the lights in the city will interfere with the lights and you won't be able to see anything.

Perseus is the constellation of the northern sky, which can be seen in our country.

As for the partial lunar eclipse in the early morning of August 17, it will be visible in our country. Lunar eclipses also don't require equipment, the naked eye does.

If you're going to observe meteor showers, using a large aperture telescope is the best option! The magnification must be low, low magnification, large aperture can be used to observe meteor showers.

The lunar eclipse is also seen with a telescope, and the telescope magnification is high!

That's it! ～～

Look at as many meteors as you can take the exam, and making a wish on a meteor is a wish on the burning garbage. It's folklore.