Tonight has meteor shower

Mr. Nguyen Duc Phuong, Deputy Secretary General of the Astronomical and Astronomical Society of Vietnam, said that at 23:00 tonight 3/1, together with people in many parts of the world, we have the opportunity to admire the rain The first meteor and also the great meteor shower of 2018: Quadrantids meteor shower.

In this meteor shower, the number of meteor stars is estimated at about 50 dots per hour at the maximum time.

According to Mr. Phuong, in this meteor shower, the number of meteor stars is estimated at about 50 dots / hour at the maximum time. Even in good observation conditions, the prediction can be up to 120 streaks / hour at the maximum of the peak.

'The origin of this meteor shower is when the Earth enters the dust cloud which is the remnant of celestial body 2003 EH1 and this object is predicted to be part of comet C / 1490 Y1 which is astronomers in the East. Asia observed 500 years ago, ' Phuong explained.

To observe this meteor shower, according to Mr. Phuong, we turn our eyes towards the constellation of the Phu Quoc where the center of the meteor shower took place. Meteor shower does not affect the eyes, so it is best to observe this amazing natural phenomenon with the naked eye.