Tonight, please watch "Sky Flowers"!

The most suitable for observation throughout the year

British fairy meteor shower

It will usher in a greatness tonight

This is also August

One of the "Sky Wild Show"

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In the early morning of August 13, 2021, the Yingxian meteor shower (synthetic photo) was taken in the desert of the Ecological Demonstration Zone in Ordos Engelbbe, Inner Mongolia. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen was photographed

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Occurred in August each year

British fairy meteor shower

And it happened in January each year

The meteor shower of the quadrant instrument,

December Gemini Meteor Shower

It is also known as the three major meteor shower in the northern hemisphere

Its active period ranges from mid -July to early September of each year

British fairy meteor shower

For people around the world

It's a feast

Because you can observe everywhere

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Poster production: Feng Juan

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Compared to the meteor shower of the quadrant instrument

And Gemini Meteor Shower

Yingxian's meteor shower is

The most suitable for public observation throughout the year

Because of its maximum period

It appears in the warm summer of the northern hemisphere

The annual traffic is stable

And the number of meteors is large

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Astronomical forecast display

This year's Yingxian meteor shower is very large time

It is early in the early morning of August 13

So from the night of the 12th

Observation is the most suitable in the early morning of the 13th

Sky traffic per hour

It is expected to reach about 100 pieces

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Comic production: Hu Yanzhu

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Shortly behind today

Yingxian will rise from the horizon of the Northeast

At this time, the radiation point of meteor shower is low

The number of meteors that can be seen is not a lot

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Midnight

Yingxian has risen in half

As the radiation point increases

The number of meteors that can be seen also gradually increases

Summer Yaxian Meteor Shower. Source: Visual China

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Although affected by the full moonlight

The number of meteors seen will be greatly reduced

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Observe to the position where the moon is located

You can still see those brighter meteors

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After midnight, the radiation point will continue to rise

Before dawn, the radiation point is close to the sky

At this time, it is exactly a lot of time for meteor shower

Observation effect is the best

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In the early morning of August 13, 2020, the Yingxian Meteor Shower (long exposure photo) was taken in Zhangye Colorful Danxia Geopark, Gansu Province. Xinhua News Agency

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How to observe this "night sky"?

Expert advice

Just observe it with the naked eye

No need to use telescope

Can be in the park or stay away from street lights, etc.

Place of light pollution observation

If you want to watch at home

Then turn off all the lights

Try to find one without trees,

Building and other objects

Wait for the orientation of the sight

In addition, no matter where you are

The best meteor shower observation time

It's all after midnight

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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