The end of the year can see a meteor shower
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We can’t believe we have entered the last month of 2023. Hopefully our resolutions for this year will go smoothly, okay?
To make your December even more interesting, IDN Times has collected various celestial phenomena that can be witnessed. Ready to color the night sky, here are some of the celestial phenomena of December 2023. Come on, prepare your telescope!
1. New moon phase on December 12
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Reported by the page Astronomy, the new Moon phase will occur on December 12th. This is a phenomenon where the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun. During this phase, the Moon will not be exposed to sunlight so the sky will look completely dark.
This is the right time for you to make observations. You can use this time to do Deep Sky or Milky Way astrophotography. Without Moonlight, you have a greater opportunity to see the planets more clearly.
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2. Geminid meteor shower December 14-15
meteor shower illustration (unsplash.com/Ludovico Bee)
Reported by the page National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), this meteor shower is named after its radiant located in the constellation Gemini. The source of this meteor shower comes from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon which orbits the Sun with a period of 1.4 years.
The intensity of this meteor shower is estimated to reach 150 meteors/hour with a speed of up to 126,000 km/hour. This meteor shower has been active from December 4 – 20 and its peak will occur around December 15 in the morning.
You can see this phenomenon on December 14 at 20.30 from the North East, culminating at 02.00 in the North, and fading in the North West as the Sun rises.
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2023-11-30 22:01:00
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