A “Halloween Blue Moon” is coming.
A new season of stargazing has begun – and it’s set as incredible. The equator signals the fall or the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere on Tuesday while below the equator, it is now spring.
Both of these asons will stop on December 22, 2020 when the ion occurs. So what’s the night sky for the Stargazers for us over the next three months?
Here’s your ultimate guide to stargazing in this new season:
Thursday, October 1, 2020: Complete ‘Harvest Moon’
The “Harvest Moon” will rise this evening in the east. It’s officially packed at 5:05 p.m., but for full effect try to see it at moonrise wherever you are.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020: Draconids Meteor Shower
Today is the pinnacle of the Draconids, a meteor shower created every year on this date that is released by comets and debris 21p / Giacobini-Jenner into the solar system. It is uniquely suited; It’s the only “Shooting Stars” show of the year to see her best after sunset. Expect 10 shooting stars per hour.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020: Anti-Mars
Tonight Mars will form the closest approach to Earth. So it will look its biggest, brightest and best of the year – and technically, the best since 2003. This period Protest, When the red planet is fully illuminated by the sun, the best time to observe and photograph Mars until its next confrontation is December 8, 2022.
Wednesday-Thursday, 21-22 October October, 2020: Orionids meteor shower
Hangover, the last trip to the Solar System via Haley’s comet, sees the peak of the Orionides meteor shower tonight. It should look its best after midnight when 20 meteors per hour should appear in the moonless sky.
Saturday, October 31, 2020: Full ‘Halloween Hunter Blue Moon’
The second full moon of the month – by definition it will come “Halloween” tonight on Halloween. Halloween is a “cross-quarter” day – it marks the halfway point between the equator and the solstice. So we are now half way through the fall. Be sure to watch the Blue Moon – which, of course, will No Be blue, and it’s also called “Hunter’s Moon” because it rises east around sunset.
Monday-Tuesday, November 16-17, 2020: Leonids meteor shower
Tonight’s Leonids meteor shower is expected to have as many as 15 “shooting stars” per hour, keeping its existence for the comet Temple-Tuttle. Come out after midnight for the best opportunities, when you will be captivated by Moonless Sky.
Monday, November 30, 2020: ‘Frosty Moon Eclipse’
The full moon of November – “Frosty Moon” or “Beaver Moon” – will fade the Earth PenumbraL shadow in space. The fourth and final of Q2020 Penumbral Lunar eclipse. Only visible from North and South America, Australia, Australia and East Asia, 83% of the full moon will be covered by Earth Penumbra.
Monday, December 14, 2020: Gemini’s Meteor Shower and Total Solar Eclipse
Two great places of nature can be seen only hours apart; Annual Geminoids meteor shower and total solar eclipse. Anyone can watch the former 120 multi-colored “Shooting Stars” per hour, which peaked just after midnight this morning. However, to see the latter you have to stay within a narrow “road to perfection” as far as Chile and Argentina, from where it will be possible to see the sun blocked by Mon for 2 minutes and 9 seconds.
Monday, December 21, 2020: A ‘great union’ of Jupiter and Saturn in the December solstice
How about this for a brilliant way to end a wonderful year of stargazing: the close ‘connection’ of Jupiter and Saturn from 397 years? Not only that, but this super-closing pair of gas giant planets – which will appear in the western sky after sunset – will take place on a specific date in the December solstice.
Since the earth’s south pole is tilted toward the sun, today marks the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere and the first day of summer in the southern hemisphere.
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