The 2020 Lyra meteor shower will come to observe the time and place tonight.
Lyra meteor shower in 2020: The Lyra meteor shower will usher in a big event around April 22nd 14: 40. According to astronomer Wang Yumin, the Lyra meteor shower in April belongs to moderate intensity meteor shower, and the maximum time this year is expected to be around April 22nd 14: 40. So the observation time can be from midnight on the 22nd to dawn on the 23rd. On the 23rd, the moon and the moon were new moons, without the interference of moonlight, which provided favorable observation conditions for the Lyra meteor shower in April this year. "Although there are not many meteors in this meteor shower, there will be fireballs occasionally."
Where to see the Lyra meteor shower? Observation points can be seen in all night weather without clouds. The higher the altitude, the better the view and the better the observation effect.
Lyra is one of the most splendid constellations in the northern part of the Milky Way, and it is named after its appearance resembling the ancient Greek harp. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, an ancient Greek astronomer, and one of the 88 modern constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union. Lyra meteor shower is a meteor shower with a long history of observation. The earliest record can be traced back to 687 BC. Compared with the traditional three meteor showers, Lyra meteor shower has less flow, but more bright meteors and fireballs. According to the prediction of astronomical experts, the Lyra meteor shower will usher in a grand event on April 23, 20 19. By then, there will be one or twenty meteors "blooming" in the night sky and "dressing up" the sky every hour. It rises from the east at around 23:00 every night with a brightness of about -2.3. "About 4 hours after sunset, Jupiter rises from the southeast horizon and coincides with the waning moon. These two bright celestial bodies will rise almost at the same time. "
There were about 180 meteor showers observed in ancient China. Among them, Lyra meteor shower recorded about 9 times. The most detailed record can be found in the Spring and Autumn Annals: "On the night of Xinmao in the summer and April of the seventh year of Duke Zhuang of Lu, the stars disappeared and it rained at night." In the seventh year of Duke Zhuang of Lu, 687 BC. This is the earliest record of Lyra meteor shower in the world, and Lyra meteor shower is also the earliest record of meteor shower in China. The second Lyra meteor shower in the world was also recorded in China, which occurred on March 25th 15 BC. The ancient book records: "After midnight, the stars fell like rain, 10 to 20 degrees long, and fell several times, and fell to the ground and died." 1803 On April 20th, many people in the eastern United States witnessed the Lyra meteor shower with 700 meteors per hour, but no one noticed it until 1835. At that time, the Leonid meteor shower had just been confirmed, and many astronomers were trying to find other periodic meteors. Dominique Franç ois asked arago to first speculate that there might be a large number of meteors on April 22nd every year.
1866, astronomers discovered that the Perseid meteor shower was related to the periodic comet swift-tuttle, while the Leonid meteor shower was related to the newly discovered periodic comet tempel-tuttle. 1867 At the beginning of this year, Professor Edmund Weiss of Vienna discovered the comet Thatcher from a pile of comets that may have a close intersection with the Earth's orbit. Its orbit is only 0.002au from the Earth's orbit on April 20th. Shortly in the same year, John gottfried Galle confirmed by calculation that this comet was indeed closely related to the Lyra meteor shower in history.