"Al Dibyat" Meteor Shower to be Observed in Qatar Sky Thursday Evening

The second Geminid meteorite, also known as the Al Dibiyat meteor shower, which is active in December, will be visible to people living in the Northern Hemisphere, including those who reside in Qatar, according to a recent announcement from Qatar Calendar House. The world will also experience the shortest day of the year in Qatar and elsewhere.

This year, there is a good chance that Al Dibiyat meteors will be seen because the moon will not be in the sky overnight from Thursday evening to Friday morning, making the sky darker.

The meteor shower is active every year between December 7 and December 17, according to Dr. Bashir Marzouq, an astronomer at Qatar Calendar House. He predicted that the meteorite will peak on Thursday, December 22, 2022, in the evening and last until dawn on Friday, December 23, 2022.

Without the use of astronomical instruments or telescopes, Marzouq remarked that a Qatari citizen may view and observe the meteorite. They can observe and track the meteors from Thursday night until Friday morning by looking toward the northern horizon of the State of Qatar's sky, where the rate of fall will peak at 10 meteors per hour, according to astronomers who specialize in meteorological observation.

As the winter solstice phenomenon occurs in the northern hemisphere, including in the state of Qatar, he continued that this day will be nearly the shortest for all people living in the northern hemisphere. However, for people living in the southern hemisphere, who would experience the summer solstice phenomenon on the same day, the situation would be the opposite.

He stated the fact that the sun will rise on this day from the southeasternmost point during the year and the length of the shadow in the afternoon time will be the longest shadow of the year.

Also, the winter solstice phenomenon is one of the important astrological phenomena, where the population of the Earth depends on it and the rest of the four seasons to learn about climate change.

Earlier this month, on December 20^th,  Dr. Bashir Marzouk, predicted that the first Geminids meteor shower can be observed by the residents of the State of Qatar anywhere free from environmental and light pollution without the use of any astronomical instruments or telescopes.