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In the night from Wednesday to Thursday, between the hours of 20 and 6 am, each hour will drop even a few hundred stars. – No need to be an astronomer, of course, to know that the falling of the stars is not entirely true – he says Stefan Janta, deputy director of the Silesian Planetarium.
And makes it clear that the stars are distant celestial bodies that shine with their own light, and what we see as light streaks the sky, a flight of particles of matter by Earth’s atmosphere.
Stardust
These particles are the size of grains of sand or fine gravel. As a result of the friction of getting denser layers of the atmosphere they are burned, and also on its way ionize the air – it makes a trace of their passing short-term shines. – Every day in our atmosphere fall thousands of these particles. However, periodically they appear more. We are talking then about swarms of meteors. You can predict when a swarm appears. On the night of 12 to 13 can expect a maximum of meteors from the Perseid shower – says Janta.
Where did they come from? Radiant, that place from which to fly all the Perseids, is in the constellation Perseus. – Perseids come from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the Sun in such a way that the Earth every year crosses its orbit. Comet is a huge ball of ice with particles. When approaching the sun, the ice begins to sublimate, and the released particles travel in an orbit of the comet after her – explains the director of the Planetarium.
At a time when the Earth passes through a cloud of debris left by the comet, scooped the “junk “that they fall into our atmosphere and undergo combustion. – First of Perseid meteors could be seen as early as July, and the last appear back at the end of August. However, many shooting stars, because more than 100 tracks per hour, can be seen just in this night – adds Janta.
How to watch?
The best look on the north-eastern part of the sky – just above the constellation Perseus, near Cassiopeia and the Triangle is the center of the Swarm Perseids, which “shooting stars” scatter in all directions. The closer to the center, the faster flash in the sky – the farther from the radiant, the “shooting stars” will be visible in the sky longer.
The observations also best carried out from midnight to dawn, because that’s when Earth enters deeper into the track left the comet and collides with the more particles that are after the flight. We also remember that smartphones blinding light and looked even need a few minutes to adjust to the darkness, so the phones are best left at home.
If you’re lucky, come across a superstar. It is a meteor that at a shallow angle comes into the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere and burns more slowly than the standard “shooting stars”, often Professing themselves at the different colors. You will know it by the fact that she can be visible in the night sky even a few seconds and cut at that time the greater part of the sky. The best chances of catching such superspadającej star will be in the early evening, because then the Perseid radiant is relatively low on the horizon.
The darker, the better
As you know, Perseids is best viewed where it does not interfere with observations of the sky urban lighting. Sometimes all it takes to go a few kilometers outside the city center or find out where it is darkest. How to do it? With service www.lightpollutionmap.info can find the most convenient spot in your neighborhood – the darker the color chart, the better you will see the stars.
As can be seen from the map, in our region we find the darkest place in the woods Murckowskich, between Katowice and Tychy, near KWK Cheerful, where you can be reached from Beskidzka.
Even darker is on the east side of the tank Dziećkowice between Imielin and Chelm Slaski. On the great darkness you come across certainly also growing in the forests near the town of Studzienice. There you will reach DK1 in the direction of Bielsko-Biala. It’s about 20 minutes drive from Katowice.
Celebrities should also be observed from the southern shore of Lake Paprocańskiego, as well as Millennium Park, which lies on the border of Sosnowiec and Katowice, and it leads through the Old Frontier Bicycle Trail. It’s somewhat forgotten park, but thanks to the lighting does not prevent us in the observations.
If you do not want us to leave outside Katowice, just climb the Alps Wełnowieckie, which dumps located between the mealybugs and Bogucicami. The easiest way to come to them from the park Wełnowieckiego.
Stars a wider group
If you’d rather watch the stars a wider group, that would not be a problem. When in 2010 founded a Facebook event called “Night of falling stars”, the organizers hoped for a pleasant atmosphere in a small circle. Things turned out differently. On Mokotowskie fields, on the night of 12 on August 13, came to several hundred people. In last year’s fifth edition, attended by over 157,000 people across the country. This time, the action also join the space in Silesia and the Basin.
For the first time the star will be on view at the Silesian Planetarium. The event will start at 21 and will last until 4 in the morning. Participation is of course free, but bring your sun lounger or a foam mattress, sandwiches and a thermos of coffee.
This year’s phenomenon can also be observed together in Mound Liberation in Piekary Slaskie. At 20 will begin the presentation of Bartosz Wojczyńskiego Fri. Amateur astronomy in Poland with a demonstration gallery. Wojczyński is the author amazing pictures of the moon, which by the portal petapixel.com seen by over 2.5 million people around the world. The artist will also present his telescope Celestron C9.25. After the show in complete darkness (the area around Mound lighting will be switched off) will be able to watch the Perseids.
It will be interesting also on the beach at Pogoria III. College of Business in Dąbrowa, who initiated the action, invites, among others, Bicycle ride on the Star-dress. You can get changed for anything, but of course the best costumes will be stellar. The best will be rewarded. The collection cyclists at the pier is scheduled at noon. 19. Moreover, on the beach of Pogoria III of hours. 17 children wait will include the Dr. Wow, mad scientist with his spectacular experiments. The biggest surprise doubters master of magic and illusion, and all will rock dance shows. For adults and seniors provided health tips and beauty consultations. When night falls, about phenomena in the sky tells an astronomer at the School of the Astronomical Observatory in dąbrowski the Secondary School No. 1.
Slightly different night of shooting stars will spend in MDK Profession Street. Marcinkowski 13. There are planned outdoor cinema in the garden by building a community center. On the big screen, the film “Armageddon,” about the huge asteroid that could hit the Earth. The projection will start at. 20.
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