by Sky-Gazer may have a good chance of seeing fireballs over the night sky this week. Two meteor showers -the Alpha -Capricornids and the southern Delta aquariids -will reach their climax and another ramps.
According to Robert Lunsford, coordinator of the American Meteor Society, the Alpha -Capricornids -meteor shower, which will be known on Wednesday, on Wednesday, Wednesday, on Wednesday, on Wednesday, on Wednesday, which could look like shooting stars like Shooting Stars. Its radiation – the point at which the meteor strips come, lies in the Capricorn Constellation.
The Alpha Capricornids are visible worldwide, but are usually best seen from the southern hemisphere in places such as Australia and Africa, says Bill Cooke, the head of the NASA meteoroid environment. These meteors are expected to appear with a rate of three to five per hour. If you look at the northern hemisphere, keep your eyes low in the southern sky to take a look.
If you stay up later, you can reach the maximum activity of the Southern Delta Aquariide on Wednesday at 3 a.m. on Wednesday at 3 a.m. The Southern Delta Aquariide, which are the most visible in the southern hemisphere, ensure a stronger shower than the Capricornids. People who are in parts of the northern hemisphere, such as the USA, can expect to see up to 10 to 15 meteors per hour, while people can see 20 to 25 per hour in the southern hemisphere.
The aquariides seem to flow from the southern part of the Aquarius constellation, which according to Lunsford is about 40 degrees east of the Capricorn constellation: “They will make a kind of fight and turn each other upside down.”
Both showers will be visible until August 13, although there are some disagreements on the date on which their peaks will occur. While experts from the American Meteor Society say that the top activities will take place on Tuesday evening in the early Wednesday morning, those at NASA say that it will happen on Thursday on Wednesday evening.
“The time of a meteor shower summit is not constant from year to year. It can vary a day or two or two,” said Cooke.
According to Lunsford, however, it is nothing to pack to miss the climax. “It is not a really sharp summit … you can go out the 31st or 29th and see pretty much the same activity.”
Avoid areas with light lights and objects for the best tour that could cover your view of the sky, such as: B. High trees or buildings. If you select a place with a higher height, like a mountain or a hill, it is easier to see these showers.
Sky-Gazer can see the Perseid meteor shower next to the aquariids and Capricornids meteor showers this week. – Florion Goga/Reuters
What is special about these showers?
According to Cook, several meteor showers occur at the same time. “For example, during the Perseids you have the remains of the Southern Delta Aquariids,” he said.
At the moment, the Alpha -Capricornids, the Southern Delta Aquariids and Perseids are all active, and although the Perseids are not at its peak, you may still see some of his meteors this week. According to Lunsford, there is also the possibility to see 10 to 12 meteors that are not associated with any of these showers.
Both the Alpha-Capricornids and the southern Delta aquariide are visible annually when the earth is through rubble fields that are left by two Jupiter family: 169p/neat (Alpha-Capricornids) and P2008/Y12 (Southern Delta Aquariids). Cook also noticed that every year “we get closer to the core of the material that (the Alpha -Capricornids) shower produces, and in 200 years it will be the strongest shower that is visible from the earth. It will actually produce more than 1,000 (meteor stripes) per hour, which is something stronger than it is now.”
For those who want to contribute to meteors, this week offers the perfect opportunity to count on how many meteors you see in the night sky and report to places like the American Meteor Society.
Upcoming meteor showers
Here are the other meteor showers that are expected to be expected in 2025 and their maximum data, according to the American Meteor Society and Earthsky.
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Southern Tauriden: 3rd to 4th November
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North Town: 8th to 9th November
Upcoming full moon
Pay attention to five more moons this year, with super moon taking place in October, November and December.
Here is the list of the full moons remaining in 2025 according to the Bauernalmanac:
Moon and solar eclipses in 2025
Two solar eclipses will occur at the end of summer.
A total lunar eclipse will be visible on September 7th and 8th in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, parts East South America, Alaskas and Antarctic.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth runs exactly between the sun and the moon and the latter throws into the shadow and it appears darker or dimmed.
When the moon sits in the darkest part of the shadow of the earth, the sun’s rays bend around the earth and break the light on the surface of the moon, which according to London’s natural history museum gives it a reddish color. Some people call the result a “blood moon”.
Two weeks after the entire lunar eclipse, a partially solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Australia, the Atlantic, the Pacific and Antarctic.
Sun eclipses occur when the moon moves between the sun and earth and, according to NASA, blocks part of the sun surface from the sight. This creates a crescent moon shape – as if something had taken a “bite” out of the sun.
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