Meteor extravaganza expected in Vietnam on July 28 evening
VOV.VN - Vietnamese amateur astronomers who enjoy gazing at the stars will have the chance to catch a glimpse of the Delta Aquarids meteor shower due to occur between midnight on July 28 and the early morning of July 29.
Experts of the Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmography Association (VACA) suggested looking towards the constellation of Aquarius in the southeastern part of the sky, which will be the centre of the meteor shower.
They added that observers don't require any special equipment or a lot of skills to view the upcoming meteor shower which will have the appearance of about 15 to 20 meteors each hour.
Moreover, if local sky gazers miss the event, they will also have a unique opportunity to witness the peak of the Perseids meteor shower due between midnight on August 12 and early morning of August 13. with about 80 meteors expected to blaze across the skies every hour.
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are typically caused by streams of cosmic debris, called meteoroids, which enter the Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories.