Xinhua News Agency, Tianjin, July 30 (Reporter Zhou Runjian) The "Tianxiang Theater" is about to open in August. Not only will there be "hardcore movies" such as the third largest full moon of the year and Saturn's opposition to the sun, but also one of the three major meteor showers in the northern hemisphere. "Blockbusters" such as the Perseid meteor shower.

  On August 1, Mars conjunct Uranus, which is very close as seen from Earth.

"If the weather is fine then, the interested public in my country can face the low sky in the east in the early morning of the 1st to the 3rd, and use the bright Mars as a reference to search for Uranus with the help of small astronomical telescopes or binoculars." Member of the Chinese Astronomical Society, Tianjin Astronomy Xu Wen, deputy secretary-general of the society, said.

  On August 4th, it is the Qixi Festival, which is the day of the annual "Galaxy Magpie Bridge Meeting" in folklore of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

If the weather is fine, that night, the interested public in our country can try to find the Altair and Vega stars who have left stories through the ages. Even the dazzling neon lights in the city cannot cover their light. To see the "Galaxy Magpie Bridge", you need to Go to places with less light pollution.

  A full moon will appear in the sky on August 12 (the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month), which is the third largest full moon of the year. As long as the weather is fine, the public from all over our country can enjoy the mirror-like full moon that night.

  Every August, the Perseid meteor shower, one of the three major meteor showers in the northern hemisphere, will come to Earth in the warm summer as scheduled.

The maximum time of this year's Perseid meteor shower is in the early morning of August 13, and the hourly zenith flow is expected to reach about 100.

  "The downside is that the maximum period coincides with the full moon, and the bright moonlight will drown out the slightly fainter meteors, which greatly reduces this midsummer night meteor show. However, even if the Perseid meteor shower is affected by the moonlight, you can enjoy a lot of brighter meteors. If you like meteor showers, don't give up." Xu Wen said.

  On August 15, Saturn, known as the "Lord of the Rings", will perform an opposition to the sun.

"Around the Opposition, Saturn is the closest to the Earth and has the highest brightness, so it is the best time to observe it. As long as the weather is fine, the interested public in my country can see Saturn with the naked eye or a small astronomical telescope." Xu Wen said.

  On August 23, an asteroid known as "Vestal God" will also usher in opposition to the sun.

"Vesta is also called Asteroid No. 4. It is the brightest asteroid in the sky, with a brightness of magnitude 6. During this opposition, the brightness of Vesta can reach magnitude 5.8. The interested public can use small astronomical telescopes to observe It is observed." Xu Wen said.

  On August 28, the mysterious Mercury will usher in its fifth major elongation of the year, also a major easterly elongation, when Mercury will appear low in the south-westerly in the evening.

"During this large distance, due to the low altitude of Mercury, it is difficult to observe." Xu Wen said.