"Star Moon Fairy Tale" is about to be staged.

In addition to the sun, the brightness of the moon and Venus is usually the second and third natural celestial bodies in the entire sky. When the two are combined or accompanied by each other, the stars and moonlight are intertwined together, like dreams, like fairy tales.

According to the astronomical popular science experts, in the early morning of July 27, the bright Venus will follow the extremely fine moon -shaped shadow, bidding light, and is particularly eye -catching in the hazy sky, becoming a beautiful landscape in the sky. At that time, if the weather is fine, the public that my country is interested can observe the low -altitude direction of the east to the east before dawn. The naked eye clearly shows the beautiful "star moon fairy tale".

In the order of near and far away from the sun, Venus is the second planet that turns around the sun and close to the earth. In ancient my country, it was called "Taibai". When it appeared in the morning, people called it "Qi Xing" or "Morning Star"; when it appeared at dusk, people called it "Chang Gengxing" or "Star". Venus can reach -4.9 when the brightness is brightest.

On the evening of April 20, 2007, Venus and Crescent in the Jinan Sky complement each other. (Shi Xinhua)

Yang Jing, a member of the Chinese Astronomical Society and director of the Tianjin Astronomical Society, said that because Venus always appeared near the sun, at the end of the lunar month and the beginning of the month, the angle of the moon and the sun was closer. The astronomical landscape of the remnant moon (or moth eyebrow month).

Comic production: Hu Yanzhu

Venus in July is still "morning star", and it appears in the East Sky before sunrise, with a brightness of -3.8, etc., which is very eye-catching. At 22:00 on July 26th, Venus closed the moon, but at this time both were below the ground surface without seeing it; about 2 hours before the 27th, Venus and the moon were both up to the horizon, the moon was left, and Venus was right. The two are about 4.5 degrees.

"July 27th is the 29th lunar calendar. The moon is a very detailed crescent, and the illuminated part is only 3.3%. When it is just ascending the ground, it may not be as easy to see. Yes, you can find the bright Venus first, and then look for the moon on the left side. After finding the moon, the public observes it carefully and found that except for the illumination crescent parts, the rest is not all black. You can see very dark ones. Light, this is the moon that was illuminated by the gloss of the earth, and the outline of the full moon was vaguely showed, thus forming the phenomenon of the "New Moon Holding the Old Moon". "Yang Jing said.

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