[Explanation] On October 14, Venus "holds" the moon, presenting a romantic "star and moon fairy tale" astronomical phenomenon.
In the evening, when the weather is fine, Mars staged a "Martian opposition to the sun" drama, dazzling.
Venus and Mars jointly perform the "Duet" of Autumn and Sky.
[Explanation] The reporter learned from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that on that day, the moon conjoined with Venus in the form of a small crescent, surrounded by bright stars in Leo.
As sunrise approaches, the dark star disappears, and the crescent moon, Venus, and the bright star in Leo all complement each other.
[Concurrent] Hu Fanghao, Engineer, Science Popularization Department, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Venus is the brightest natural celestial body in the sky, except for the sun and moon. When it appears in the early morning, we call it "Venus"; when it appears in the evening, we call it "Chang Gung Star".
[Explanation] Hu Fanghao said that when Venus and the moon happen to move to the same longitude and the distance between the two reaches the closest point, "Venus conjoins the moon".
[Concurrent] Hu Fanghao, Engineer, Science Popularization Department, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
"Venus conjunctive" is one of the planetary conjunctive astronomical phenomena. Among the planetary conjunctive moons, "Venus conjunctive", "Mars conjunctive" and "Jupiter conjunctive", because the brightness of Venus is relatively high, the viewing effect is also better. Ok.
[Explanation] In addition to the romantic stage of "Venus and Moon", Tianyu will also stage "Mars against the sun" on the same day.
[Concurrent] Hu Fanghao, Engineer, Science Popularization Department, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
When "Mars opposes the sun", Mars and the sun are located on two sides of the earth respectively, that is, the yellow longitude of Mars and the sun are 180 degrees apart.
[Explanation] Hu Fanghao told reporters that, among the major planets, only outer planets can have opposing spectacles, such as "Saturn opposing the sun" and "Jupiter opposing the sun".
The rendezvous period between Mars and the Earth is as long as 780 days, so every two years or so, humans can observe a "Martian opposition."
Before and after the opposition, it is generally a good time to observe Mars.
Reporter Ge Yong from Nanjing, Jiangsu
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]