These shooting stars have a name, they are called Delta Aquarii or Delta Capricorni, named after the constellations Aquarius and Capricornus, where they come from. But what are these shooting stars?
They are fragments of asteroids that break apart when they approach the sun.Since then, this dust has been gravitating through space, with some of it returning close to Earth every 5 years. Charbel Kazanjian, The person in charge of the star pole in Nankai (Shir) Explain to us.“It’s actually a little piece of rock or dust that gets into the atmosphere. There’s a lot of stuff that orbits the sun, including this dust. And when it gets into the atmosphere, it’s like when you rub your hands together, it heats up. The dust is moving so fast that it’s going to catch fire. A scientist will tell me it’s not fire, but that’s how you can picture it.”You see in the sky a small piece of stone burning in the fire. It's a meteor, a shooting star..Astronomers are reporting a double shower of these shooting stars, Delta Aquarius and Capricornus, with a frequency of up to twenty-five meteors per hour.
Where to watch so you don't miss a thing of the show?
From midnight, the celestial scene promises to be magnificent. They come from Delta Aquarius and Delta Capricorn, as their diminutive names suggest. From the constellation of Capricorn and Aquarius…and they are not just astrological signs.
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Charbel Kazanjian offers valuable adviceDon't worry, Aquarius and Capricorn are in the south. Take a compass and you will know which way to look at the sky.“. but “Don't expect rain, it doesn't happen every second.“Maybe there is”Two shooting stars per minute. So you need to take your time. Get a mat and a chair to lie down and Look quietly at the sky facing south.Wait until nightfall between 11pm and 1am to see them clearly.“
Duration and size of meteors
The duration of meteors, even if fleeting, gives an indication of the size of the rocks. In contact with our atmosphere.”What you see, which lasts from a second to less than a second, are the young stars and they are dust.“The scientific mediator continues.”Smaller stones are larger, and since they can measure up to five centimeters, the meteor shower lasts several seconds.“Sometimes, objects of extraordinary size appear.”It happened last September.It made a big flash. It lit up the sky! That's a meteor passing overhead.”pole of stars“Which ended up on the garden table, in the shire.”With this kind of large enough object, we can actually prove the coordinates of where it came from, how it got through the atmosphere, at what altitude, when it re-entered, when it came out, and it could be at such and such a place in the forest.“
If you can't make it to the meteor shower, you can make up for it with the Perseid meteor shower around August 10, 2024. The Pôle des Etoiles de Nançay also organizes a starry night at the city's stadium, with scientific activities, and the day before a so-called “VIP” evening, where everyone can attend provided they are Book onlineAnd where it will be possible to contemplate the sky thanks to the Société d'Astronomie Populaire du Centre.
