Aurigids Meteor Shower
The Aurigids Meteor Shower is an astronomical phenomenon in which numerous meteors or “shooting stars” from the Auriga constellation can be observed. These meteors are fragments of dust and particles left behind in Earth’s orbit by comet 8P/Tuttle.
When the Earth passes through this cloud of particles during its orbit around the Sun, the particles enter the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, creating bright flashes of light as they burn up due to friction with the air. The Aurigids are known for their luminosity and often produce bright, colorful meteors. This celestial spectacle usually occurs at the end of August or beginning of September of each year.
In 2023, the appearance of the meteors of this meteor shower will be between August 25 and September 8.
opposition of neptune
The gigantic blue planet will be at its closest point to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun. It will be brighter than at any other time of the year and will be visible throughout the night.. This is the best time to view and photograph Neptune. Due to its extreme distance from Earth, it will only appear as a small blue dot in all but the most powerful telescopes. This will happen from September 19th.
During this configuration, Neptune is visible throughout the night, since it rises over the eastern horizon at sunset, reaches its highest point in the sky at midnight, and sets over the western horizon at sunrise.