Nandu News Intern reporter Yang Jia Gemini meteor shower, quadrant meteor shower and Perseid meteor shower are known as the three major meteor showers in the northern hemisphere. Their active period is from December 4 to 17 of each year, and is often the last meteor shower of the

Nandu News Intern reporter Yang Jia Gemini meteor shower , quadrant meteor shower , Perseid meteor shower , are known as the three major meteor shower in the northern hemisphere. Its active period is from December 4 to 17 of each year, and is often the last meteor shower of the year. According to Beijing Planetarium , the Gemini meteor shower will usher in the best viewing period on the evening of December 14. When is the best observation time for a Gemini meteor shower? Where is the best observation point? In this regard, Nandu reporters interviewed Li Jianji, executive deputy director of Guangzhou Wuyang Planet Museum.

Li Jianji introduced that generally speaking, the Gemini meteor shower is the last big meteor shower of the year. "The large meteor shower refers to a meteor shower with an hourly flow of more than 3, while the Gemini meteor shower has 20-50 hourly flow of the hourly flow of the Gemini meteor shower, with a maximum flow of about 120." Li Jianji said that the Gemini meteor shower has a large brightness, relatively slow speed, and is easy to be observed. There are often fire meteor . It is one of the most worthy meteor showers to observe by citizens. It is also called the "most trustworthy meteor shower" because of its basically stable annual number.

Compared with the Leo meteor shower that appeared in November, Li Jianji said that the flow of Gemini meteor shower is more stable. "The biggest difference between Gemini meteor shower and Leo meteor shower is the traffic. Gemini meteor shower comes every year and the number is basically stable, but Leo meteor shower is a periodic meteor shower, and the number changes greatly every year."

Photos of meteor showers taken by Li Jianji and his friends in Conghua District, Guangzhou in 2001. (Photo provided by the interviewee)

According to the Beijing Planetarium, the Gemini meteor shower will reach its maximum value at 9 pm on December 14. "But the best observation time should be between 10 pm on the 14th and 20 pm the next day." Li Jianji explained, "At 9 pm, the radiation point of the Gemini meteor shower has not yet risen. After 10 pm, it has roughly risen from the northeastern direction, but you can also prepare in advance at 9 pm. After 2 3 pm, the moon has basically risen, and the moonlight may cause some interference to the observation of the meteor shower."

Li Jianji introduced that when watching the meteor shower with naked eyes, you can choose areas with high visibility, wide field of view and fewer lighting, and citizens can also choose to watch it on their own rooftops. It should be noted that Guangzhou has experienced cold weather recently, and the temperature is low at night. Observers need to pay attention to protecting themselves and keeping warm.