Watching Leonids meteor shower at dawn on November 18
The meteor shower with many relatively bright supernovae, Leonids (Lion), will reach its maximum on the night of 17th and 18 November.
Although it is a medium density meteor shower with about 15-20 meteors per hour at its peak, but in Vietnam, this meteor shower takes place on October 1 of the lunar calendar so it will not be affected by pepper. Moon pole for the observer. In addition, the time is on Friday night and Saturday morning, so it is quite convenient to arrange the time, the work of the 'followers' likes to watch the sky.
A streak of meteor shower.
Experience shows that the best time to observe this meteor shower in Vietnam is the period from 2 hours on November 18 when the constellation Lion has risen quite high in the eastern horizon.
Observers need to choose safe places, avoid high-pressure light, wear warm clothes and especially pay attention to the weather . Normally, it can be based on if you count a few dozen stars in the sky there will be a chance to see the meteor shower.
Earlier, on November 13, Venus and Jupiter also met in the sky. These two bright planets will be in a position to almost touch each other when viewed from Earth. At dawn (when it was still dark), astronomers turned their eyes to the eastern sky to observe.
The observation will be better when supported by telescopes. However, when viewed with the naked eye, the observer can still see the special brightness when the two objects are in close contact.
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