I heard that there will be a Taurus meteor shower tonight. I am in Shenyang. May I have a look? About what time? What position?

Unlike a solar eclipse, a meteor shower can be seen half a world away (the night hemisphere). It can be seen in almost all areas of our country.

According to the forecast given by the International Meteor Organization this year, the meteor shower in southern Taurus starts from September 10 and will last until1October 20th 10, and it is most likely to appear in June 10. At this time, the radiant point of meteor shower is still at a fixed angle with Taurus, which is located in the sky area of Pisces. Because of the small flow, the predicted maximum time of meteor shower in southern Taurus will not be too accurate. Usually, astronomy enthusiasts don't deliberately observe, but when observing other meteor showers in autumn, they will see several meteors in the southern and northern Taurus groups. Since the speed of meteoroids is only 27 km/s, most of the meteors in this group will look slower, so it is not difficult to distinguish them from other groups.

By the way, as one of the two meteor showers brought to us by Halley's comet every year, the flow of Orion meteor shower is relatively stable, and the maximum ZHR is usually around 25, which once exceeded 50 in recent years. Last year, even under the severe influence of moonlight, the visual ZHR of Orion meteor shower reached above 30. Therefore, it is also the most noteworthy meteor shower every year 10.

The active period of Orion meteor shower almost runs through the whole period of 10 and the first ten days of 1 1. According to the forecast given by the International Meteor Organization, this year's meteor storms will occur at 10 and 2 1, and the exact time is uncertain. The speed of meteoroids in Orion meteor shower can reach 66 km/s, which belongs to fast meteor.

The radiant point of Orion meteor shower lies between Betelgeuse and Gemini gamma star. It will rise from the east around 22: 00 local time in late June this year, 65438+ 10, and the first quarter moon will have a certain impact on the observation. The Orion meteor shower is characterized by extreme gentleness and may last for L days or even longer. If the weather is clear, the meteor shower is still worth observing.