"Red-Eyed Smiling Face" and other celestial phenomena will appear in the March night sky
China News Service, Nanjing, March 2 (Yang Yanci) According to news from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 2nd: In the northern hemisphere in early spring in March, celestial phenomena such as the conjunction of the Pleiades of Mars and the opposition of Vesta will shine in the sky in turn.
Among them, the "red-eyed smiling face" formed by Double Star with Moon is particularly worth looking forward to.
After entering March, among the five planets "Golden, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth", only Mars has acceptable conditions for observation.
On the 4th, the Pleiades of Mars kicked off this month's astronomical performance.
After nightfall, a bright red celestial body, namely Mars, will appear in the west of Tianyu.
There is a cloud-like blue spot less than 3° north of it, which is the famous Pleiades star cluster.
If the weather is fine, you can watch it with the naked eye.
On the 5th, the fourth asteroid Vesta will oppose the sun.
According to experts, from the earth, Vesta is an exceptionally bright asteroid.
At that time, its brightness can reach +6, etc., which can be seen almost all night.
In the middle of this month, a romantic night meteor shower will come sweetly.
On the 14th, the gamma meteor shower in the square constellation ushered in a huge.
Generally, the active period of the γ-Recterids meteor shower is from February 25th to March 28th every year.
It is a pity that the flow of the γ-square meteor shower this year is not large, and the hourly zenith flow is around 6 in the maximum period.
The most anticipated celestial phenomena of this month will be on stage continuously from the 18th to the 19th.
At that time, Mars, Aldebaran and Crescent Moon will stage double stars with the moon, forming a "red-eyed smiling face" that blooms in the night sky.
According to astronomy experts, Mars contains a lot of iron oxide and looks red, while Aldebaran is a red giant star.
At that time, the two will appear in the night sky at the same time, and they will run to a "perfect angle" with a crescent moon, forming a smiling face with red eyes, which is very rare.
It is worth mentioning that, compared with the double star companion moon that often appeared with "big and small eyes" in the past, this "red-eyed smiling face" has more correct features and lasts for a long time.
As long as the weather is clear, this Tianyu smiling face can be seen with the naked eye.
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