July astronomical events They are not the ones that bring in the most dates to mark on the calendar. However, they are interesting in that they contain three obscure meteor showers.
We all think that the Perseids, which occur in August, are the summer meteor shower. However, astronomy lovers can see its meteors interspersed with the last tails of the planet. delta aquarids, austrine fishes and alpha ibexes. The first ones are somewhat better known, but the other two sometimes do not even appear in the lists of astronomical events.
This is because they are not very intense. In addition, they all occur at the same time, so they can be confused with each other. But they have interesting details by which they can be distinguished and they are worth knowing. This, together with some conjunctions and, as always, a full moon with a legendary name, constitute the astronomical events of the month of July.
Full moon in the astronomical events of July
In these astronomical events, the full moon will soon come, day 3. This is known as roe deer moon, as this marks the time when ancient Native Americans observed males begin to grow horns. Also, due to its distance from Earth, it may appear slightly larger and brighter than other full moons, as it is the first supermoon of the year.
It should be remembered that the term Supermoon This is something rather colloquial, not having an astronomical definition. Nevertheless, it is worth going out, like absolutely everything.
Three meteor showers going on at the same time
delta aquarids They run from July 12 to August 23, although they peak in the early morning of July 29-30. They come from the debris of comets Marsden and Kracht, which hit the Earth every year, and it is quite active: 35 to 50 meteors per hour.
For alpha capricorns, coming from comet 169P/NEAT, occur from July 3 to August 15, peaking in the early morning of July 30. This is a much less active meteor shower, with few meteors per hour, but the good part is that they are very bright and bright fireballs.
Finally, austrian fish they run from July 15 to August 10, with a peak on the night of July 29. It produces about 5 meteors per hour, so it’s not very intense either.
The worst thing about these three meteor showers is that during the two nights when their peaks are visible, The moon will be almost full. This will make it difficult to visualize these astronomical events, but it’s still worth trying.
connections in heaven
As with the astronomical events of each month, we will also see interesting conjunctions in July. For example, they highlight Moon with Saturn on the 7th, with Jupiter on the 11th, with Mercury on the 19th and with Mars on the 21st.
Source: Hiper Textual
