The astronomical 'party' in 2010

In 2010, there are promising astronomical "parties" such as solar eclipses, eclipses, meteor showers or the appearance of planets in the solar system .

Interstellar meeting

According to Master Phan Van Dong, Vietnam Astronomical Society, 2010 is the year to witness a lot of stars' meetings. At the end of March to the middle of April 2010 (from March 28 to April 12), Sao Kim and Thuy Thuy are "couples". These two planets form a couple towards the Northwest sky immediately after the sun sets.

During this time period, these two planets will be separated by no more than 5 degrees. Venus is on the left and slightly taller than Mercury and of course Venus is brighter than Mercury.

On April 3, they were closest to each other, only 3 degrees apart. On June 6, two pairs of identical cards can be viewed: the orange Mars passes Regulus, a true star, less than 1 degree away. By that time, Mars was only a bright spot even when we looked through a large telescope. That same night, Jupiter will 'go with' Uranus .

2010 will have a total solar eclipse.Document photos

On August 1, the parade of the trio of Mars, Saturn and Venus. Mars passes by Saturn only 2 degrees on August 1, and Venus also slides quickly with a distance of only 3 degrees after 9 days.

The trio of planets will form an image that has an astronomer called 'Trio' when they lie just below a circle with a diameter of less than 5 degrees.

And at the end of October, comets fly near Earth. Comet Hartley 2 will cross Earth with a distance of 11.2 million miles (nearly 18 million km), just a week before the comet approaches the Sun most.

However, with apparent brightness of +4 or +5, only people in rural areas can see it, in the city, due to light pollution and dust, it is difficult to see.

Only observe the full lunar eclipse once

Master Phan Van Dong said that in 2010, we will see both eclipse, full and partial eclipse.

Specifically, June 26 will have a partial eclipse. The easiest observation of this eclipse is the Hawaiian Islands, western Alaska (USA), Australia, New Zealand, eastern Malaysia and Asia.

The real moon will be observed in Vietnam starting from the beginning of the moon. Two events of total solar eclipse on July 11 and total lunar ecology from 20, 21 and 22 December are not observed in Vietnam.

Dong also said that on August 12, Perseid meteor showers will appear. In clear weather, dark enough can count up to 90 meteors in an hour (more than 1 streak / 1 minute).

Another meteor shower on December 14, Geminid meteor. Although there were moons at the time, the Moon would set right after midnight and leave the sky dark, lovers of stars staring at it. Ability to have up to 120 shooting stars per hour.