One of the best meteor showers of the year will peak tonight, but Torontonians may not be able to easily see them when they look up to the night sky.
quadrant meteor showeris named after the defunct constellation now known as Bootes, and under perfect weather conditions it can peak at around 120 meteors per hour. This is always the first meteor shower of the year, and CTV News science and technology expert Dan Riskin says the cause is the way the Earth orbits the sun.
“When it gets to a certain part of its orbit, it tends to pick up dust in the air. [sic] It’s space from a comet or an asteroid or something that’s gone by, and it passes through the same cloud every year,” Riskin said in an interview with CP24.
“We’re here, we’re just hitting a dust pile in the sky, and our planet is going to pass through there tonight and we’re going to see a great meteor show. It’s just that most of us is under the clouds and cannot be seen.”
According to Environment Canada, Toronto weather forecast Unfortunately for stargazers, the weather is expected to be mainly cloudy with rain starting in the evening and ending by night.
“Southern Ontario doesn’t do us any favors. That’s always a difficult problem because it’s always winter in Ontario and winter in Ontario is prone to clouds,” Riskin said. he said. “So this is a hard one to watch.”
Riskin said that in addition to clouds obscuring visibility, the moon’s brightness can also affect the visibility of the Bunnid meteor shower.
“Just to give you some peace of mind about the clouds, the other thing that’s working against us right now is that the moon is about half full, so that amount of light can obscure a lot of the meteor shower. It happens,” Riskin said.
But while Torontonians may not be able to see the first meteor shower of 2024, those living in the city can still see a rare celestial phenomenon in the spring.
A total solar eclipse will occur in April
On April 8th, total solar eclipse Available to watch in Canada. The last time a total solar eclipse was observed in Canada was in 2017.
“So the moon will completely block the sun, but it won’t block it completely in Toronto. It’s going to be a total eclipse in Hamilton, it’s going to be a total eclipse in Prince Edward County, it’s going to be a total eclipse in many places. It’s going to be a total solar eclipse, but if you’re in Toronto, unless you own a boat, it’s going to be a total solar eclipse. Wake up in the middle of Lake Ontario, it’s not going to be a total solar eclipse,” Riskin said. said, adding that there would be a “heavy wave” of people trying to leave the city that day.
“It will be one of the greatest moments of our lives.”
