65438+February 2009
Meteor shower name: Gemini meteor shower.
Mother: 3200 Phaeton
Radiant point: Gemini
Estimated date: 13-14.
Description: The most stable and colorful meteor shower in a year, of which about 65% is white, 26% is yellow, and others are blue, red and green. Gemini meteor shower is the only meteor shower that is not the mother of comet. Its mother is the asteroid 3200 Phaeton. At peak hours, the hourly flow can reach hundreds.
Ursa meteor shower
Official name: URS, meteor shower in Ursa minor.
Activity time: 65438+February 65438+July-26th.
Maximum time: 65438+February 22/23.
Maximum flow (ZHR): 10
R value: 3.0
Average speed (without gravity): 33km/s.
Maximum center: 348 degrees right ascension and 75 degrees declination.
20 degrees north latitude (Nanning, Guangzhou, Haikou): It can be observed all night, preferably in the morning.
30 degrees north latitude (Lhasa, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai): It can be observed all night, and it is best in the morning.
40 degrees north latitude (Beijing, Hohhot, Dalian): It can be observed all night.
50 degrees north latitude (Tacheng, Harbin): It can be observed all night.
The center of the telescope field of view: right ascension 348 declination+75, right ascension13/kloc-0 declination+66 (latitude >); +40 )
Right ascension 063 declination +84 declination 156 declination +64 (30-40 N)
You should see it all over the country in the open highlands at night, depending on your patience.