We asked an astronomer to outline the most exciting celestial events in store for us this year — from eclipses to meteor showers and more.
According to Faherty, by January 22, Venus is going to be particularly close to Saturn, providing an opportunity to see"two bright objects" in close proximity to each other."That's a good one to look for, the planets meeting each other in the sky," Faherty says.In August, we will experience two full moons, which is commonly referred to as a blue moon. People often mistakenly believe that this is an incredibly rare event.
"There's this saying that, 'oh, it only happens once in a blue moon,' but actually it's not rare at all. And blue moons happen every two and a half years." An elderly woman looks through a welding filter during a partial solar eclipse in Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 25, 2022.An elderly woman looks through a welding filter during a partial solar eclipse in Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 25, 2022."In areas with light pollution, the moon still shines, but to see darker things, you want the moon to go away," she explains.
There are two special meteor showers to put on your calendar this year: Perseids in August and Geminids in December. If the moon and the weather, play nicely, close to"The meteor showers are great for equitable observing because all you really need is open sky," says Faherty. A multiple exposure picture taken in the early hours of August 11, 2013 shows a Perseids meteor shower in the sky on the mountains of the Sierra Norte de Madrid.A multiple exposure picture taken in the early hours of August 11, 2013 shows a Perseids meteor shower in the sky on the mountains of the Sierra Norte de Madrid."You just have to be patient.
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