September astronomical events marked with second equinox of the year. And the fact is that although we don’t know if it will look like autumn from a climatic point of view, on the 23rd this season will begin in the northern hemisphere, and autumn will be experienced in the south. spring.
This is the greatest of astronomical events, but we cannot ignore star Rain. During the year there are several powerful meteor showers, very intense and known to everyone: the Perseids in August, the Geminids in December, the Lyrids in April … Although in fact there are many of them. meteor showers. They are not as well known as they are sometimes almost impossible to see, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t know about them.
It is also interesting to know about these astronomical events, of which there are three important dates in the September calendar. These phenomena, the full moon, which will also be a supermoon this month, and the conjunctions may form astronomical events. less abundant than in Augustbut with a climate that still favors going out to look at the sky. Give us what you give us on this particular day.
Meteor showers, astronomical events of September
Among the astronomical events of September, we have three meteor showers: alpha aurigids, epsilon perseids, and diurnal sextantids.. The first will take place from August 28 to September 5, although their peak this year will be on 1 day. This is a problem as we have just passed a full moon, so its brightness will not allow you to see meteors, which are already infrequent, at a rate of about 6 per hour.
The Perseid epsilons have nothing to do with their own cousins August. They are visible from 5 to 21 September, although their maximum point falls on day 9when you can see about 5 meteors per hour. Therefore, they are much less intense than the August ones. They are called the same, because both have their own radiant, the place from which they seem to be born in the sky, in the constellation Perseus. But they don’t even have the same origin, as the August Perseids came from the remnants of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, and the September Perseids came from unknown long period comet. There are not many of them, but the brightness of the waning moon will not be a hindrance, so we will not lose anything by trying to see these astronomical events.
Finally, sextantides are very curious because they daytime meteor shower They occur from September 9 to October 9, with a peak at September 27. Since their radiant is in the constellation Sextant, very close to the Sun, they are only visible shortly before sunrise, around 5:00 am. That is why they are called diurnal.
Equinox not to be missed
During 23 September The autumn equinox will occur in the northern hemisphere, and the spring equinox in the southern. As usual on the equinoxes, the sun’s rays fall almost directly on Ecuadortherefore the length of day and night will be very much the same all over the world.
full harvest moon
There will be only one full moon this month, unlike August. But it will be a super moon, it is very beautiful to look at the sky. Like all of them, this one also has a popular Native American name. This time harvest moon, because it coincided with the time when they began to collect corn, as well as other very important crops for them. We can enjoy it on September 29th.
Connections that are never missed in astronomical events
The astronomical events of September are also accompanied by very beautiful conjunctions in the sky. For example, we will see the Moon next to Jupiter on the 4th, Mercury on the 13th, Mars on the 16th and Saturn on the 27th. These dances of the planets and moons will, as always, be a special moment for astrophotographers. But also for any other lover of astronomical events.
Source: Hiper Textual
