Brief introduction of unicorn constellation

The most beautiful celestial body in Kirin constellation is the Rose Nebula (also known as the Rose Nebula, NGC2237, with a visual magnitude of about 6). At the center of this dim rose-red nebula is an open cluster (NGC2244), which consists of more than a dozen turquoise and golden stars. Unfortunately, this "rose" in the sky cannot be seen directly from the astronomical telescope, and its color can only be seen in the photos taken with the astronomical telescope for a long time.

The unicorn is located in the east of Orion, just "cut" by the Milky Way. There are few bright stars among them. Every year on the night of 65438+10.5, the unicorn constellation reaches the zenith, and10 and February are the best months to observe it. Unicorn is Monoceros in Latin, which means unicorn or rhinoceros. Astronomers in China translated it into Kirin. Kirin is a mythical animal, and the unicorn depicted in ancient legends in China is bijuu, a one-horned deer. The whole body is covered with scales, which was used by the ancients to symbolize auspiciousness, so Kirin is called an auspicious constellation. Unicorn is equivalent to China's Sidu, Queqiu and other star officials.