We blinked and 2022 is over. The New Year has already arrived and, how could it be otherwise, January with interesting astronomical events for sky lovers.
Perhaps the most relevant is meteor Rain: the one in quadrantides. But there will also be beautiful connections that will give a lot of work to amateurs. astrophotography. Good job, of course.
In the northern hemisphere it will be quite cold; but, if it’s to enjoy a good sky, it’s worth getting thermal underwear out of the closet. If you’re already looking forward to it, mark these dates on your calendar.
We start astronomical events from quadrants
As soon as January begins, we already have the first of its astronomical events: quadrantides. This is an average meteor shower, with about 40 meteors per hour approximately. Unlike others whose origin is definitely known, in this case it is not clear, although it is believed that these are fragments of an extinct comet called 2003 EH1.
It is very short, starting just on January 1st and ending on January 5th, with the busiest days in the nights of the 3rd and 4th of this month. Unfortunately, the Moon will be almost full at this time, so its light will not allow us to see fainter meteors. But let’s not despair, be patient, we will definitely see something.
full moon wolf
Like every month of astronomical events, the full moon has a name that has nothing to do with its appearance or its distance. It’s just that these names come from tradition american aborigineswho baptized them in honor of some important milestone in each month.
In this case, it is the full moon of the wolf, and it is called so because it marks the time at which packs of hungry wolves they howled in the middle of the night as they searched for food in their camps. we can see it January 6.
January astronomical conjunctions
Every month there are interesting conjunctions that cannot be missed on the calendar of astronomical events. There will be many in January. For example, on the same day 1, we will have a conjunction of Venus with Pluto. On the same day, in addition, the Moon will hide Uranus in the sky. But we can also see it dance near Mars on the 3rd day from Mercury 20s, s Saturn 23rd, p. Jupiter 26th and again with mars 31. Another interesting one will be the conjunction of Venus and Saturn on January 22nd.
Source: Hiper Textual
