As an antidote to the health-threatening political excitement of these weeks, Krone science expert Dr. Christian Mähr broaches a decidedly apolitical topic: it’s about shooting stars.
In the first week of the new year, the public was made aware of the “Quadrantids” and recommended for observation. What are these things? Shooting stars, a meteor shower. There were a few things strange about this recommendation. The Quadrantids only occur in the first week of January, with a peak on the night of January 3 to 4. The place where the shooting stars all seem to come from is called Radiant. This point is still low on the horizon during the first half of the night, but it is not until the “hour of the wolf” (three to four o’clock in the morning) that it rises to 70 degrees, after which up to 200 meteors can be seen. Per hour. Well then! What, you haven’t seen the Quadrantids? And why not? With these kinds of recommendations I always wonder how they make a newspaper out of it. Has the writer ever made an astronomical observation himself? On January 4 at four in the morning?! Probably not.
Source: Krone
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