Learn about the meteor shower

Learn more about the unique Delta Aquarids meteor shower that took place over a period of nearly a month.

>>>Vietnam is about to catch meteor shower

At around 17:55 'on the afternoon of July 30, there was a blue light trail in the sky. Through this study, this blue light streak is likely to be the meteorological trail of the Delta Aquarids meteor shower - the meteor shower that takes place annually from July 12 to August 23 when it reaches its peak.

The image recorded a green light trail in the sky of Vietnam on the afternoon of July 30.

With a density of about 15 - 20 streaks / hour and favorable weather conditions, this year, Vietnam is one of the locations with perfect location for astronomers to see the rain. Delta Aquarids tape.

As the Earth passes through this comet, a large group of meteorites from this comet will plunge into the Earth's atmosphere at a rate of about 150,000 km / h.

Those meteorite pieces will rub against the air and ignite to form streaks of light that we call meteor.

Delta Aquarids meteor shower comes from comet 96P Machholz . According to experts, the original object of this meteor shower is not certain, so the number of meteorite falls does not really matter.

Comet 96P Machholz was discovered in 1986 by astronomer Donald Machholz. This is a short period comet, the time to complete orbit around the Sun is about 5.24 years.

The focal point of this Delta Aquarids rainbows comes from the constellation Aquarius - one of the brightest stars of the Delta Aquarii (Skat).

The Aquarius constellation is now in the zenith, so look in the East so you can see the focal point of this meteor shower.

This Delta Aquarids meteor shower has two separate rains, the meteor shower of North Delta Aquarids and the South Delta Aquarids. In particular, the Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower is larger, with the average frequency of falling stars reaching a maximum of 15-20 tracks / hour.