Sky Phenomenon

sky phenomenon
Year 2010, the earth has been decorated with a series of phenomena in space that is very unique and interesting.

Among them is a lunar eclipse that just occurred in some parts of our earth, a meteor shower.
And it turns out that in addition to many phenomena that occur and are expected to occur again during the year 2011.

Here is the latest sky phenomenon that has occurred and is predicted to happen again.

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Meteor Showers

Meteor Showers
Quadrantids meteor shower

Phenomenon Quadrantids meteor shower that occurred in early 2011 then. Quadrantids meteor shower is visible in the sky northeast which took place on 1st to 5th of January last.



Quadrantids itself is one of the most beautiful phenomenon with the intensity of meteor showers like water falling above average. This Femomena reached 40 meteors per hour at midnight to dawn.

From a dark place, the astronauts confirmed the size of the dark with a distance of 40 miles or approximately 64.37 km from the big city lights.

If the sky is bright, and darkness was filled, people do not need a telescope or binoculars to see it, because with the naked eye, this meteor shower can be seen.

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Opposition Saturn

Opposition Saturn
The phenomenon of opposition Saturn is one of a very impressive sky phenomenon for humans.
 
Sky phenomenon occurred on 3 April last. Saturn Opposition phenomenon that is, a phenomenon in which Saturn’s how the point closest to the earth.

Earth rotates around the sun for a year once, in the meantime, Saturn rotates around the sun once every 30 years, this means that the planet earth must pass between Saturn and the sun every year.

Saturn opposition peak seen at the highest altitude of about midnight and sets in the west which can be seen along the middle of the night. In fact, the distance of Saturn from the earth to 800 million miles.

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