Meteor Swarm Orionids reached coming days maximum

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The next few days reached the swarm of Orionids its maximum. The swarm will probably be good to see. The Orionids have originated in Halley’s Comet every 76 years comes close to the sun and the earth. In 2061 the comet returns.

Above Netherlands was last weekend to see. A fireball The Working Group Meteors says it was a visible bright sphere. The working group was within an hour more than 20 reports of people who have observed the fireball. It was the fifth fireball which this year has seen over the Netherlands. Fireballs are meteors that are much brighter than normal. They are usually seen during a meteor shower.

The swarm of Orionids reached Wednesday, October 22 around 09:00 hours maximum. Under ideal conditions, there are about 23 meteors per hour expected. In total, by meteors from other flocks, about 33 meteors per hour visible.

The swarm of Orionids reached Wednesday, October 22 around 09:00 hours maximum. Under ideal conditions, there are about 23 meteors per hour expected. In total, by meteors from other flocks, about 33 meteors per hour visible.

No special equipment is needed to be able to observe meteors. When it is bright, the naked eye is sufficient. A deck chair and enough clothing provide extra comfort.

The Orionids are one of the wealthier meteor showers in our sky. In 1993 suddenly increased activity of the Orionids was observed. This indicates that there are local accumulations are in the stream of meteoroids that moves around the sun.

Meteors are popularly also called shooting stars. In reality, it is not about stars falling, but for tiny pieces of stone and gravel under high speeds entering the earth’s atmosphere and vaporize at about 100 km altitude.

Royal Eise Eijsenga Planetarium in Franeker receives Orrery Planetarium Zuylen Burgh

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Royal Eise Eijsenga Planetarium in Franeker receives Orrery Planetarium Zuylen Burgh Old Pillars.

The Eise Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker is from the collection of Planetarium Zuylen Burgh received a beautiful contemporary version of the Orrery James Ferguson (1710-1776).
This planetarium instruments were made for educational reasons. The movements of the sun, earth and moon can be made easily. Clearly such an instrument Even things like the origin of the seasons, phases of the moon and even solar and lunar eclipses to explain clearly. As a kind of extra feature this tool offers the possibility to determine. The date of Easter This date is related to the phases of the moon.

The instrument table was created by Piet Jan de Ruiter, the clockmaker who was also responsible for the construction of Planetarium Zuylen Burgh in Ancient Pillars, a planetarium inspired by the famous Eise Eisinga Planetarium.

Planetarium Ferguson is a beautiful and useful addition to the explanation, receiving visitors to the Eise Eisinga Planetarium. The instrument gives the possibility to show, making it sometimes difficult jobs can be explained. Simply the movements of the heavenly bodies accelerated It has been a nice place in the Planetarium Chamber.

The donation is the result of the pleasant cooperation with Bert Degenaar Planetarium Zuylen Burgh and Adrie Warmenhoven of hetEise Eisinga Planetarium, two institutions that both focus on the popularization of astronomy.

Caption: Bert Degenaar (left), Planetarium Zuylen Burgh and Adrie Warmenhoven at the planetarium instrument.

Interview Bert Degenaar

The initiator of “Art Residence”

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Bert thumbBERT DEGENAAR (56) had long been an art dealer in Amsterdam’s Spiegelkwartier. He owns the Planetarium Zuylen Burgh, located in the same country house. This monument dating from 1651 in Oud-Pillars, near Utrecht, was once owned by the family of Tuyll of Serooskerken. Also owns the adjacent Degenaar Logement Swaenenvecht, former rectory, whose oldest part dates back to early 17th century.