China News Service, Nanjing, April 1st (Reporter Yang Yanci) According to the news from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on April 1st, the "best films" gathered in the Tianyu Theater in April: the four-star "Lianzhu with the Moon", the Mercury West Distance, etc. were staged one after another. , and the "Weaver Girl Scattering Flowers" of the Lyra meteor shower pushed the whole drama to the peak of romance, bringing wonderful and uninterrupted "starry sky appointments" to the public.
April is the time when spring flowers bloom in the northern hemisphere, and it is also the season when the stars are splendid.
On April 5, Mars and Saturn make their first appearance in close proximity.
On that day, the two were only 20° apart, and the observation conditions were very good.
At the beginning of the morning, the Chinese public can see two stars, one red and one white, "cuddling" together, rising higher and higher, and the sky is getting brighter and brighter.
Jupiter and Neptune reach a "moment of intimacy" on April 13.
As Jupiter's orbit gradually moves away from the sun, the largest planet in the solar system will "pass by" the mysterious and distant Neptune in the early morning of the 13th.
The much-anticipated Lyrid meteor shower will also arrive in April.
The Lyraids are a moderate-flow meteor shower that is active between April 15 and April 29.
According to experts, this year's Lyra meteor shower will appear at 3:00 a.m. on the 23rd, Beijing time.
The splendid Milky Way Arch will appear in the second half of the night, spanning the entire eastern horizon, as the Lyraid meteor shower sweetly strikes.
At the same time, because the radiant point of the Lyra meteor shower is not far from the bright Vega, the location of the "Wishing Meteor" can be quickly located through Vega.
With the help of Vega and the Galaxy Arch Bridge, this Lyra meteor shower is more romantic, just like "Vega" scatters some petals in the Milky Way, turning into bright meteors and dripping into the world.
In late April, a "star bash" is coming.
When Jupiter officially joins the stage of the "Dawn Planet Show", Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn will be arranged in a straight line from east to west. This phenomenon occurs only once every two years on average, which is called planetary "renju".
Interestingly, after the 24th, the moon will travel to the eastern sky area of dawn, accompanied by four planets in turn, forming a beautiful landscape of planets "Lianzhu with the Moon", which is very worth watching.
On April 29, the mysterious planet Mercury will open its viewing window.
This is the best time to see Mercury in 2022 during this time of Mercury's large east distance.
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