China News Agency, Nanjing, March 1 (Reporter Yang Yanci) According to the news from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on March 1, wonderful "repertoires" of the sky, such as Venus conjoining Jupiter, Ceres opposing the sun, and Mars conjunct the moon, will appear in the starry sky in March.

Among them, the moon occulting Venus, which is rare in China, is on the "must-see list".

　　During winter and spring in the northern hemisphere, the stars and the moon are bright and clear, and the river is in the sky.

The starry sky in March is divided by the north and south meridians: the western sky is the winter starry sky, and the bright stars are still "twinkling and twinkling"; It has risen, and the spring triangle faces the winter triangle.

　　Venus and Jupiter will make their debut on the 2nd.

"Venus" Venus and "big man" Jupiter will continue to "go in both directions" until they "embrace each other affectionately".

A sky date with two planets conjunct and with a small angular distance is especially beautiful.

At that time, the brightness of Venus will reach -3.9 magnitude, and Jupiter will reach -2.1 magnitude, which are the two brightest celestial bodies in the night sky except the moon at that time.

　　Ceres will be at opposition on the 20th.

During this opposition, the brightness of Ceres is 6.9 magnitude, and it can be seen all night for several days before and after the opposition.

Since Ceres is located near perihelion, this is also a closer and brighter opposition.

　　On March 24, the unmissable lunar occultation of Venus takes place.

As twilight falls, a very thin crescent moon will enter the sky, and Venus will enter from the dark edge of the moon and reappear from the bright edge. The occultation process will be very spectacular.

This lunar occultation of Venus can be seen in the evening in China, which is very worth seeing. Most of the areas south of the Yellow River Basin have the opportunity to see the interesting scene of Venus being "swallowed" by the small crescent.

　　"Red and yellow lights" - Mars and the moon will appear at 21:00 on the 28th.

The bright red Mars and a bright yellow crescent moon will "closely touch" in Tianyu.

As long as the weather is fine, the interested public can watch the picture of Mars and the moon "looking affectionately" with their naked eyes.

　　Venus and Uranus make their grand finale at the end of March.

This is a close conjunction of Venus and Uranus, only 1° apart.

The brightness of Venus is -4.0 magnitude, and the brightness of Uranus is 5.8 magnitude. The brightness difference between the two is nearly 10,000 times.

Interested members of the public can use a small telescope or binoculars to locate distant Uranus with bright Venus as a reference.

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