Jose Candelaria, vocal and regional director of Arecibo of the Astronomical Society of Puerto Rico (SAPR) reported Sunday that during the early hours of Monday there will be a shower of shooting stars that can be seen with the naked eye from anywhere in the island.
“The window of intensity that makes this memorable show is smaller than other meteor showers and only has a night-long specifically recommended observe before dawn on January 4, at maximum intensity . This year, with a waning moon, the sky is crowded between 50 and 100 meteors per hour at the peak. The meteor shower will begin on the evening of January 3 lesser extent. Apparent radial where seem to fall shooting stars, is north of the sky, “said Candelaria in a statement.
A member of the Ambassadors of the Solar System NASA education program explained that” Quadrantids “carry the name of a now obsolete constellation, the Quadrans Muralis (mural quadrant), since 1930 officially considered part of the constellation of Boötes, also known as” the shepherd of oxen or “drover” Candelaria said. The parent body of the Quadrantids was probably identified as asteroid 2003 EH1, which is believed to turn the C / 1490 Y1 comet observed Chinese, Japanese and Korean astronomers about 500 years ago.
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