Rays of sunset, meteor shower, aurora … are astonishing astronomical phenomena that should not be ignored.
In 2015, many amazing astronomical events will occur such as the great meteor shower, the total lunar eclipse, the blood moon …
However, you shouldn’t miss the amazing astronomical phenomena that will be happening in October here.
1. Green lightning
2. The Ve Nu and Earth Ball belt
During the month of October, you will see this double phenomenon every time the sun goes down. When the sun disappears, the horizon is surrounded by a band of pale pink light, called a vessel belt.
Just below the belt is a dark band, known as the Earth Shadow. To see this phenomenon, please look east towards the sunset time.
3. Rays of sunset
Crepuscular rays occur when mountain tops, clouds, trees … partially shade the sun’s rays and separate them into separate highlights and shadows.
The actual rays of light do not originate from a single point but are almost parallel. However, due to the distance and the law of distribution, we can feel them as rays of light radiating around.
4. The phenomenon of the Northern Lights
5. Clearly see the Fairy Galaxy
The Fairy Galaxy is a large galaxy close to the Milky Way galaxy and is one of the few galaxies that can be seen from Earth without the aid of equipment. According to experts, in October, at some point after sunset, the galaxy will be twice as bright as the Moon.
Over the next 4.5 billion years, the Elixir Galaxy and the Milky Way are expected to collide and the result will be a giant elliptical galaxy.
6. Certain areas of the Moon will be exceptionally brighter.
But in October, for some slight reason, some areas of the Moon will be brighter than usual.
7. Comet 67P
On October 9, you will have the chance to see comet 67P in the east, near the location of Venus.
8. Meteor shower
The Orionids meteor shower peaks on October 21 and 22. Above average meteor showers can peak at 20 to 30 meteors / hour. At dawn, when the moon goes down, the best time to observe this phenomenon will be.
9. Venus, Jupiter and Mars intersect
At dawn on October 28, an amazing astronomical phenomenon occurs when two or more objects meet at night.
10. Zodiac light
However, it is formed when sunlight reflects off the countless dust particles that fly around the Sun, belonging to the disk plane of the solar system (Earth and celestial bodies both appear to revolve around a shaped plane disk with the spirit is the sun).
These dust particles are known to have remained during the formation of the Earth and other planets 4.5 billion years ago.
The video below will summarize to help you with 10 interesting astronomical phenomena that will appear in October:
