Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Researcher of the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) Rhorom Priyatikanto said the peak of the Alpha Centauri meteor shower will occur on February 8 to 9, 2021 at sky Indonesia.
“Between February 8-9. The direction of the beam near the star Alpha Centauri in the south,” he told CNNIndonesia.com, Monday (8/2).
He further explained that the public can witness this shooting star phenomenon at 24.00 to 06.00. But according to him, the best time to observe the peak of the meteor shower is February 9 at 03.00 to 05.00 local time.
“The best time to observe the peak of this meteor shower is 9 at 3 to 5 am local time (WIB, WITA, WIT). Hopefully it won’t rain,” he said.
Quoted In The Sky, Alpha Centauri meteor shower has actually started on January 28th. However, the peak of the meteor shower occurred on February 8, 2021.
This meteor shower is predicted to produce meteor shower groups that fall about 6 meteors per hour. However, the hourly numbers in this peak period are calculated on the assumption that the sky is completely dark and the beam is directly overhead.
In The Sky conducts monitoring from New Delhi, India. As a result, the Alpha Centauri meteor shower will not be visible before the sun rises, but will be seen before dawn.
Meanwhile in Indonesia, the radian point of the meteor shower will rise at midnight. Meteor showers are seen at 21:50 WIB and are active until 05:34 WIB.
Shooting stars are seen whenever one of the meteor debris collides with the Earth’s atmosphere, typically burning up at an altitude of about 70 to 100 km.
Quoted by Sunday Vision, to be able to clearly see the shooting star phenomenon, it is advisable to choose a dark location and far from light pollution.
On certain days of the year, the Earth’s orbit passes through very dense currents in which there are comets or asteroids, which release a large amount of solid material into space. This causes annual meteor showers.
Such meteor showers can repeat themselves every year, whenever Earth passes a certain point in orbit, where Earth crosses a certain material path in the sky.
(can/DAL)
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