We acknowledge this. astronomical events of February 2024 They are not full of interesting dates, as is usually the case in other months. On this occasion, as always, we remember the date full moon and its name according to Native Americans. In addition, we mark on the calendar the days on which the most interesting connections will occur. But like this, only a small shower of stars appears as something interesting: Alpha Centaurids.
It’s a meteor shower thatIt starts on January 28 and continues until February 21.although its maximum peak, when the greatest number of meteors is expected, will be February 8. The problem is that on this day the full moon is very close in time and will make it difficult visibility.
All this, and other data about this meteor shower, means that the astronomical events of February do not have great dates, but do have beautiful skies that, as always, are worth looking at at any time of the year.
The moon is full of snow
In these astronomical events, we will debut on the full moon. February 5th. The ancient Indians knew it as the Snow Moon, as it coincided with the heaviest snowfall in the northern hemisphere. In addition, precisely because these snowfalls made hunting difficult, it was also called Hungry Moon.
These astronomical events bring small meteor showers.
In the astronomical events of February we detect the peak of the Alpha Centaurids. As we have already seen, this will be a day with strong illumination from the Moon, so meteors will be difficult to see. In addition, it is assumed that at its peak one can see 6 meteors per hourso there’s not much to discover either.
On the other hand, since the constellation Centaurus in the north remains hidden all night, this small meteor shower can only be seen from the southern hemisphere.
the planet is dancing
In other astronomical events we only detect Moon-planet conjunctions. However, in this case we can also detect some connections between the two planets. For example, Pluto He’ll pose next to Mercury on February 6, Mars on February 15, and Venus on February 18. Okay, it’s true that Pluto is a dwarf planet, but it’s worth it. On February 22 we will have another pair of planets, consisting of Venus and Mars.
Relatively Moon, We will see him conjunct Venus on February 7th, Mars and Mercury on the 8th, Saturn on the 11th and Jupiter on the 15th. Be careful of the double conjunction on the 8th as it may be a good time to look at the sky.
In fact, although these are not the most crowded astronomical events, they bring us more than one interesting spectacle.
Source: Hiper Textual
