China News Service, Nanjing, October 21st (Xu Shanshan) According to a news from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 21st, on the 22nd and 23rd of this month, Tianyu will stage the beautiful celestial phenomenon of Saturn and Jupiter with the "double stars with the moon.
At that time, next to the first quarter moon that "still hugs the pipa half-hidden", nestling Saturn and Jupiter, interprets a beautiful picture of "Autumn Stars".
Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, and it looks like a straw hat.
Jupiter is the well-deserved king of planets in the solar system. It has the largest volume and is known as the "giant planet".
According to Hu Fanghao, head of science popularization at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the moon will conjunct Saturn and Jupiter at 1:10 and 11:49 on the 23rd.
Therefore, from the perspective of the earth, the moon on the 22nd and 23rd will be closer to Saturn and Jupiter.
For two consecutive nights, the three bright celestial bodies, the moon, Saturn, and Jupiter, will "meet" in a very small range in the sky, forming a "double star with the moon" astronomical phenomenon.
Hu Fanghao said that on the 23rd, the moon will form a "triangle" with Saturn and Jupiter on the upper right.
Among them, Jupiter will be brighter and Saturn will be slightly darker.
"For astronomers who are just beginning to recognize stars, the bright moon is a good marker, according to which Saturn and Jupiter can be located." Hu Fanghao reminded that as long as the weather is fine, the public can watch it with the naked eye after sunset. To this romantic "Autumn Stars".
In addition, qualified astronomy enthusiasts can observe more wonderful details of the moon, Saturn, and Jupiter if they use a telescope.
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