On August 12, a strange natural phenomenon appeared.
On the night of August 12, there will be a Perseid meteor shower with an estimated number of meteors per hour of about 60 - 80 streaks per hour.
Mr. Nguyen Duc Phuong, General Secretary of the Vietnam Astronomy and Space Association, said that many interesting natural phenomena will appear in August. Specifically, on the night of August 12, there will be a Perseid meteor shower with an estimated number of meteors of about 60 - 80 streaks per hour.
The best time to observe this meteor shower is around 1am on August 13.
For good observation, choose open spaces, away from city lights and industrial areas.
In addition to the meteor shower, many other amazing natural phenomena will also occur in August. On August 21 and 22, right after the sun sets, we will witness the meeting of two planets in the Solar System in the western sky: Mars and Saturn with the Moon and Spica - the brightest star in the constellation Virgo (the Virgin).
On August 24, Neptune will reach the position in its orbit where the distance between this planet and Earth will be the closest in 2012. This is an opportunity for astronomy lovers to admire this blue planet.
Recently, in June, Vietnam and many countries around the world witnessed the event “Venus transit”. Seen from Earth, Venus appears as a small black dot and slowly cuts across the Sun’s disk for about 7 hours./.
According to (vov.vn)-LT
