Not only lighting the sky of Vietnam, the Quadrantid meteor shower opens the new year and the new decade also makes sky lovers all over the world have a white night.
As information has been posted, Vietnamese people can observe the Quadrantid meteor shower at dawn on 04/01/2020. It is the largest meteor shower at the beginning of the year, with an hourly peak of 60 to 200 streaks. Quadrantid meteor shower is a remarkable sky observation event not to be missed.
Quadrantid meteor shower at dawn on January 4, 2020 in Gia Nghia, Dak Nong, Vietnam, by Hai Dang / Astronomical Photography Group.The author said that within an hour and a half, he 'harvested' up to 25 meteors.
Quadrantid meteor shower in Florida Keys, USA.The dim light on the horizon is the zodiac light at the time when the sky is almost bright.(Photo: Jeff Berkes).
In the skies of the Great Wall of China, Hebei Province, China, the meteors of the Quadrantid are shining.(Photo: Cheng Luo).
Star trail exposure photograph (recording the path of the stars) in Ozark, Arkansas, USA caught a burning fireball.(Photo: Brian Emfinger).
Above the Easternmost Lighthouse in northern New Jersey, the United States has a meteor trail of the Battle of Quadrantid gliding through the sky.(Photo: Jack Fusco).
Cutting off the path of the stars in this long exposure photo is the Quadrantid meteor.The image was taken on Tenerife Island of Spain.(Photo: Roberto Porto).
Quadrantid meteor shower on the morning of January 4 in Canary Island.In the photo you can see it's Teide Volcano enjoying the performance of the night sky.Photo: Daniel López (El Cielo de Canarias).
In the picture are 123 meteor streaks taken from 113 single photos that are stacked together, showing the wonder of the meteor shower that started the new year.(Photo: Erno Berkó).
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