Gamma Normids, the Glossary
The Gamma Normids (GNO) are a weak meteor shower, active from March 7 to 23, peaking on March 15.[1]
Table of Contents
10 relations: Adelaide, Auckland, Gamma2 Normae, Meteor shower, New Zealand, Norma (constellation), Radar, Radiant (meteor shower), South Australia, Zenithal hourly rate.
- Meteor showers
Adelaide
Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.
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Auckland
Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.
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Gamma2 Normae
Gamma2 Normae, Latinized from γ2 Nor, is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Norma.
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Meteor shower
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. Gamma Normids and meteor shower are meteor showers.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Norma (constellation)
Norma is a small constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere between Ara and Lupus, one of twelve drawn up in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and one of several depicting scientific instruments.
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Radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.
Radiant (meteor shower)
The radiant or apparent radiant of a meteor shower is the celestial point in the sky from which (from the point of view of a terrestrial observer) the paths of meteors appear to originate. Gamma Normids and radiant (meteor shower) are meteor showers.
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South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.
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Zenithal hourly rate
In astronomy, the zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of a meteor shower is the number of meteors a single observer would see in an hour of peak activity if the radiant was at the zenith, assuming the seeing conditions are perfect (when and where stars with apparent magnitudes up to 6.5 are visible to the naked eye).
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See also
Meteor showers
- Alpha Capricornids
- Alpha Centaurids
- Alpha Monocerotids
- Andromedids
- Aquariids
- Arietids
- Aurigids
- Beta Taurids
- Cameras for All-Sky Meteor Surveillance
- Canis-Minorids
- Coma Berenicids
- Delta Aurigids
- Delta Cancrids
- Draconids
- Eta Aquariids
- Eta Carinids
- Gamma Normids
- Geminids
- June Bootids
- Kappa Cygnids
- Leonids
- Leonis Minorids
- List of meteor showers
- Lyrids
- Meteor shower
- Monocerotids
- Omicron Centaurids
- Orionids
- Pegasids
- Perseids
- Phoenicids
- Pi Puppids
- Population index
- Quadrantids
- Radiant (meteor shower)
- Sigma Hydrids
- Southern Delta Aquariids
- Tau Herculids
- Taurids
- Theta Centaurids
- Ursids
- Virginids
- Zeta Perseids