How to watch the peak of Geminid meteor shower from Vietnam
The Geminid always fell on Earth in December, famous for being the meteor shower with the second highest number of stars and the only meteor shower not created by comets.
According to Vietnam time zone, Geminid meteor shower will peak on the night between December 14 and December 15 . However, there have been several shooting stars "falling" from the evening of December 5.
Geminid meteor shower - (photo: ABC NEWS).
According to NASA, on this year's peak, we can observe up to 120 shooting stars per hour and Geminid has always been a famously famous meteor shower, created by a rocky "tail" of . an asteroid, not comets like all other meteor showers.
According to Date and Time, from Vietnam, you can observe the peak of the meteor shower from about 20 hours Friday 14 December to 6 hours Saturday December 15. The meteor shower will look like it spits out from the constellation Gemini, whose international name is Gemini and also the root of the meteor shower - Geminid.
The center of the meteor shower will hit an arc in the sky, located in the Northeastern East at the beginning of the evening, moving gradually to the North, to the North main point at 2:00 am on December 15 to move. continue to the west-northwest when the sky is gradually bright.
How to define the binary constellation (middle of the screen, above) shows two brothers in the sky, where the meteor shower will flow down - (photo: SPACE).
You can still watch meteor shower from tonight because it is quite close to the peak day so the meteor density is relatively thick.
To be able to observe the meteor clearly, you need to select a wide and open place, turn off all lights, electronic devices to make eyes familiar with the darkness for at least 15-20 minutes. After that, you just need to look up at the sky, locate the shape of the Gem of the Two Gems .
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