We are ready to start 2020!
The moment has come, the 2020 Quadrantids are here to make us dream once again, and you will have the opportunity to see them the night of January 3 to 4. Ready?
Everyone grows up under the conviction and illusion that shooting stars grant wishes , perhaps for this reason, its appearance is something magical for us. If you have lucky enough to witness one of them sometime Far from believing or not in its famous power, you always end up succumbing to closing your eyes and asking for what you most desire at that moment.
When what happens is a shower of stars , the show is on another level. Watching the stars "fall" without stopping is a unique experience. Luckily, we enjoy ** three during the year: Perseids, Geminids and Quadrantids **, as if it were the three Charmed Ones.
In January, the show goes hand in hand with the Quadrantids.
WHEN?
During the first week of January, it is the turn of the Quadrantids and the appointment acquires a plus of specialty to be the first days of the year. Brand new 2020 with a rain of stars It looks like a spell, and the truth is that the display is capable of bewitching anyone.
Put it in your diary the night of January 3 to 4 is the time to contemplate it . However, if you want to be part of this magical rain, you will have to get up early, or spend the night awake. On Saturday, January 4, at 7:30 a.m., all ready to see how these magical and bright stars glide.
It will be at that moment when the constellation of the Boyero, the point where these meteors are "born", is high in the sky and we will not have a Moon, so the light show will be even more dazzling . If you are not lucky enough to be able to go to a comfortable place for your viewing, the European project EELabs ** gives you the opportunity to see it live from the Teide Observatory, through the sky-live.tv channel **.
Make a wish... or as many as you want!
But, what is really a shooting star? These magical starbursts are actually dust particles of different sizes , the result of the trail of comets in their orbits around the Sun. This stream of particles disperses and is traversed each year by the Earth on its way around the Sun. It is at that moment when the dust particles disintegrate upon entering our atmosphere and the famous light trails are produced.
The Quadrantids, together with the Geminids, are two showers that have something special . There is no comet that matches the path of dust left behind by shooting stars. Its parents are asteroids , 3200 Phaethon in the Geminids, and 2003 EH for the Quadrantids. These are two singular and unique rains.
On this occasion, the early morning is worth it , whether you see them live or from home. It is not the same to get up early to go to work, than to witness one of the most magical shows of the year. Go preparing wishes!
Opening the year with a shower of stars is a good start.