Watch the first meteor shower of the year

Quadrantids, one of the three most beautiful meteor showers of the year, will reach its peak on Friday morning with about 40 meteor streaks every hour.

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The sky contained a constellation of focal points of the Quadrantids star rain, near the Bootes constellation.

Quadrantids meteor shower usually takes place from December 28, 2012 to January 12, 2013. It will reach its peak on January 4 with a frequency of about 40 to 60 tracks per hour, even up to 100 tracks per hour under good observation conditions.

Duong Hong Duong, a member of HCMC Amateur Astronomical Club (HAAC), said the best time to observe Quadrantids in Vietnam is about after midnight to dawn next Friday."The observer should look at the north-northeast sky, turning his eyes toward the Bootes constellation where the center of the meteor shower takes place , " Hong Yang said.

The phenomenon of the moon moon (the half-month of the end of the month) after the full moon affected the ability to observe streaks.

According to the US Aeronautics and Aeronautics Agency (NASA), Quadrantids meteor shower originated from an asteroid named 2003 EH1 , first observed in 1825. Based on some studies, the object may be a in the remnant fragments of the comet when it broke apart centuries ago, the Quadrantids meteor shower was caused by the shattered stream of dust and rock left over from the fragmentation of the aforementioned comet into the atmosphere. Earth book.