Two Meteor in Ramadan Night

Two meteor shower will peak on the nights of Ramadan precisely on Saturday, August 13, 2011, the Perseids meteor showers and Delta Aquarids. The second meteor shower will be equipped with a full moon, which unfortunately even interfere with vision to the meteor shower.

Delta Aguarids meteor shower peaks will occur at the peak of Perseids meteor shower starts. Both will produce 15 to 30 shooting stars per hour. "Although there is a guest bright moon, people can still see the rain Delta Aquarids," said Raminder Singh Samra, an astronomer at the HR MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, Canada.

Perseids will start with about five meteors per hour. They can be seen two weeks before mid August. When a meteor shower peaks on average there are 60 to 120 meteors. Observations can be made starting at 2 am until dawn. Constellation Perseus in the northeast with a height of 30 degrees. Meanwhile, Delta Aquarids activity will occur in late July and early August.

Almost all people in the world can see this meteor shower. Rain can be seen clearly in a dark area, away from the glitzy city. "Because distant star will occur across the visible sky, lie down and let your eyes adapt to darkness," Samra advised.

Delta Aquarids meteor showers and Perseids occur because the Earth's atmosphere toward the clouds formed from droplets that are released comet particles. Each of the particles into the atmosphere at 150,000 miles per hour to burn and produce light.

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