Every year in November, falling star hunters are rubbing their hands. Since then, the Leon promises ides a good yield when observing the night sky.
Starting on Tuesday of the meteor stream is active again, the Maximum he reached in the night from Saturday to Sunday. This Time experts reckon, however, with a lower activity than in previous years.
“are Expected to be up to ten shooting stars per hour,” said the head of the Potsdamer Urania-planetarium, Simon Plate. Best to be seen in the early hours of the morning in a dark environment.
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came from The Leonids, after the constellation Pashacasino of Leo (lat.: Leo), named, from the direction of which show up apparently. Their origin in the Tuttle and the meteors in the debris cloud of the comet 55P/temple -. As soon as fragments of the comet enter the earth’s atmosphere, burn up and become shooting stars. “The Leonids are the fastest meteors that we observe. You have a speed of up to 70 kilometers per second,” said Plate.
Who missed the Leonids, does not have to wait long to look for the next opportunity to the shooting Star. In the night from 13. on the 14. December is expected to be the Maximum of the Geminids, which are even more active than the Leonids. Every hour could then scurry up to 120 shooting stars across the sky.
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