Between Iftar and Suhoor. Here are 5 fun astronomical scenes that you will see with your eyes in Ramadan

In the month of Ramadan this year, there will be an opportunity to observe a number of fun astronomical events between evening and dawn at the time of Suhoor, you do not need specialized astronomical tools, just go out to the balcony or climb to the roof of the house and follow the phenomenon with your eyes.

Venus and the Moon

The first of these phenomena will be observed on March 24, immediately after eating breakfast and for about an hour, you can see in the sky the beautiful crescent of Ramadan as a thread of light on top of a bright body like a luminous lamp, this body is the planet Venus, which continues with us to illuminate the sky at night after sunset for several months.

Venus is the brightest body in the sky at night after the moon, and the reason for its extreme brightness is that the planet has a very dense atmosphere that makes it more like a mirror that reflects sunlight into space, so its light reaches the Earth.

Venus is the brightest body in the sky at night after the moon and the reason for its high brightness is that the planet has a very dense atmosphere (Stellarium software)

To Mars

The moon's meeting with the planets continues, and after breakfast and on the evening of March 28, you can see the moon standing in the sky next to a bright red body, Mars.

Because of its red color, people imagined thousands of years ago in ancient myths that Mars is associated with war and blood, but we now know that the red color of the planet is nothing but rust, as the iron on its surface has oxidized over time and has become tilted to that color.

Scorpio'S heart

After Suhoor at dawn on the tenth of next April, you can see the humpback moon in the sky standing next to a bright red star, the heart of the scorpion (Antares), a super red giant that is preparing to explode soon, perhaps in several thousand or millions of years, the heart of the scorpion is the brightest star of the constellation Scorpio, which takes a distinctive shape in the sky.

At dawn next tenth of April / April you will see the humpback moon in the sky standing next to a bright red star is the heart of the scorpion (Stellarium software)

Mercury, Venus and the Pleiades

If you want to see the planet Mercury, you can go out to look at the sky after breakfast on the evening of next April 11, when the small planet is at maximum elongation, which means the best chance of seeing it on this day, you will see it shine in a color close to red above the western horizon.

Meanwhile, you can see with your eyes a fun astronomical event: the conjunction between Venus and the Pleiades star cluster, an open star cluster that contains hundreds of stars, but about 7 of them can be seen stacked in the sky in a hook-like shape.

With your eyes you see with your own eyes the conjunction between Venus and the stellar Pleiades gathering (Stellarium software)

Leteors

During the last week of Ramadan during the pre- and post-Suhoor period, you can see many meteors in the night sky, as this period corresponds to the Lyrid Meteor Shower, which spreads in the sky every year between April 16 and 25.

The shower reaches its zenith on the evening of April 22 to 23, and is caused by the passage of the Earth during its usual rotation around the sun with the remnants of a comet called Thatcher, which orbits the sun once every 415 years.