The monthly "Tianxiang Theater" show comes!Yingxian's meteor shower, "ring king" Saturn Zhenrong ...

The night sky in the meeting point in August is always worth looking forward to. On the 15th, "Saturn rushes to the sun". In addition, there are Tanabata Observation on August 4th and Mars on August 19. On this midsummer night, let's look up together to see the star rivers and bright.

Figure: Feng Yuwen

The third largest full moon in the year of the Chinese Yuan Festival

August 12th is the "Central Yuan Festival" in the 15th lunar calendar. On the same day, we will usher in the third largest full moon this year. According to the data released by the Zijin Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the moon is more than 360,000 kilometers from the earth, and the diameter of the moon is 33.052 angles, which is slightly smaller than the previous two full moon angles. Essence Friends who have missed the previous two "Super Moon" can also "squat" to see the style of this circle.

Figure: Visual China Yingxian Meteor Shower

Although the moonlight is dim, the Yingxian meteor shower is still worth looking forward to

The Yingxian Meteor Shower is one of the most popular meteor showers. It and the quadrant meteor shower and Gemini meteor shower are called the three major meteor shower in the northern hemisphere.

The Yingxian meteor shower generally appears between July 14 and September 1 each year, and the number of meteors will reach the maximum value on August 12 or 13. According to the data released by the Zijin Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this year's maximum period is estimated to occur between 9:00 am to 10 am on August 13th, Beijing time, so on the evening of August 12 and 13 Duo Yingxian meteor appears. However, August 12 this year coincides with the third largest full moon of the year. The bright moonlight will flood a slightly darker meteor, which affects the observations before and after the great period.

However, the Yingxian meteor shower has a long period of time. Even if the observation conditions of the great day are poor, you can still wait for the meteor to pass through the night sky before and after that. Moreover, the Yingxian meteor shower is the most proportion of meteor shower in the fire meteor throughout the year, and it is still worth looking forward to.

Beautiful Saturn will open the ornamental window

It is worth mentioning that the beautiful Saturn will also open the ornamental window. At 1:10 on August 15th, "Saturn's Rink Sun", the visual star is +0.3, etc., and the diameter of the viewing diameter is 18.8th. Saturn's observation is not affected by moonlight, as long as it is not interfered by the cloud layer. Therefore, the interesting public can observe Saturn through an astronomical telescope. In the telescope, we can see that Saturn is as mysterious and beautiful as the "ring king" in the night. Experts remind that watching Saturn is not limited to the day on August 15th, the effect of watching the effect within one month before and after.

Xinhua Daily · Jiaojiao Reporter Cai Yanwen Intern Feng Yuwen

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