The Leo meteor shower will reach its peak later this week, shortly before the partial lunar eclipse appears in the sky.
According to data from the American Meteor Association (AMS), in 2021, the Leonid meteor shower will be active from November 3 to December 2, and the peak is expected to occur between midnight and dawn from November 17 to 18.
The Leo meteor shower is characterized by fast and bright meteors, many of which have long-lasting trajectories—the trajectories of evaporated material that glows in the sky.
Under ideal conditions-when viewing a meteor shower from a dark rural area-10 to 15 Leonid meteor showers can be seen every hour before and after the peak period.
But in 2021, the moon will reach 98% on peak nights, hindering the observation of showers. The relatively strong moonlight may wash away some of the fainter meteors, making it more difficult to observe events.
Meteor shower It is a celestial event, in which a large number of meteors-commonly known as “shooting stars”-appear in the sky, seeming to originate from a single point. This point is called the radiant point, and in the case of the Leo meteor shower, the radiant point is in the constellation Leo-hence the name.
Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the stream of cosmic debris left by a comet (and in some rare cases, asteroids) orbiting the sun. In the Leonid meteor shower, the fragments came from comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle,
Meteors are the light streaks we see when small pieces of space debris enter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn at high speed. In fact, the Leo meteor can fly at a speed of 156,000 miles per hour.
The Leonid meteor shower usually does not produce very high visible meteors. But in rare cases, meteor showers can produce spectacular meteor storms, which are characterized by hundreds or even thousands of visible meteors per hour.
The peak of the Leonid meteor shower is Partial lunar eclipse, Which will be visible in most parts of the world on the night of November 18-19.
Partial lunar eclipse
The event will be the last lunar eclipse in 2021 and the longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years. The entire event will last about 6 hours-although observers in some places may only see part of it.
A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the earth passes between the sun and the earth Full moon, But they are not precisely aligned. In these events, only part of the visible surface of the moon fell into the darkness caused by the shadow of the earth.
Although the most recent solar eclipse is only a partial eclipse, observers in most places will be able to see up to 97% of the visible surface of the moon falling into the shadow of the earth.
According to local weather conditions, people in North America are very suitable for the entire solar eclipse. But at least part of the solar eclipse can be seen in large areas of the world, including most of South America, Australia, Europe and Asia, and parts of Northwest Africa.
For observers on the East Coast of the United States, the partial solar eclipse will begin shortly after 2 a.m. local time on November 19th. NASA, And will reach its maximum at around 4 AM. For people on the West Coast, the solar eclipse will begin after 11 PM local time on November 18, and then reach its maximum at 1 AM
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