Skywatchers, you’re in for a once-in-a-lifetime treat! Jupiter & Saturn are doing a planetary dance that will result in the Great Conjunction on Dec 21, just after sunset. Find out:
🤩 When and where to look up 📷 How to photograph the conjunction
Tonight is the peak of the 2020 Geminid meteor shower. If you observe clear sky in a dark place around midnight, you can expect to see lots of shooting stars. 今夜が2020年の双子座流星群のピークです。 深夜0時ごろに暗い場所で晴れた空を観測すれば、多くの流れ星が見られると期待されます。
今年は本気でお願いしたいことがいろいろあるんで。
Geminid meteor shower this weekend will see more than 100 bright 78,000mph shooting stars every hour https://t.co/OZ8zqhZ7gu
TimeAndDate.comの説明はこんな感じです。 A penumbral lunar eclipse takes place when the Moon moves through the faint, outer part of Earth’s shadow, the penumbra. 「半影月食は、月が地球の影内の外寄りのおぼろげな部分(半影=penumbra)を通るときに起こります。」
英語のWikipediaの説明は以下のようです。 The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. 「ペルセウス座流星群は、スイフト・タットル彗星に関連して多くの流星を生じる流星群です。」
もうツイッターに写真載ってたりします。
Two of the brightest meteors i captured tonight. Image doesn’t do them justice. This is a 5.8mm Lense with a nearly 180deg field of view. Those two were really bright and long. 😍 Taken with Nikon D5600 and Lensbaby Fisheye near Hamburg, Germany#Perseids#PerseidsMeteorShowerpic.twitter.com/FPjwOmblwc