Hometown of Stars

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Weather information this week

March 7-March 13 weather conditions

There are more sunny days this week, but it is mainly windy. The temperature is low at night, so pay attention to wind and keep warm.

There is little cloud cover in the whole region, which has little influence on stargazing, high air transparency and high comprehensive stargazing index. The conditions for stargazing at night on the 7th-10 are good. Please make a good plan for stargazing activities.

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This week's astronomical information

Leo, the representative constellation of the spring starry sky after dark? Leo's status is already relatively high. If you find the sickle shape, you will find Leo. Twenty-eight nights in China constellation? The first night in the sky is rising from the eastern horizon, and the starry sky will shine in the spring night sky. This week, you can also see that the waning moon is slowly changing into the moon and will go to Gemini at the weekend.

Helan Mountain Rock Painting "The Rise of Leo"

Astronomical science popularization

① The representative of spring constellation-Leo

When winter comes and summer goes, the stars move. With the change of seasons, the starry sky in the four seasons is also changing. Because the relative positions of the earth and the sun are constantly changing during the movement of the earth around the sun, the astrology seen at the same night in a year is different in different seasons. To the northeast of the head of the long snake is the famous Leo, which is the brightest center of the starry sky in spring night. The main star of Leo, whose Chinese name is Xuanyuan XIV, is a first-class star on the ecliptic.

(2) what is the constellation of twenty-eight nights?

The familiar constellations are all handed down from the western constellation system, while China has its own constellation system-Three Walls and Twenty-eight Nights. The ancients divided the starry sky near the ecliptic into 28 parts, each called a night. Each one is named after an animal, namely four elephants. There are black dragons in the east, basalts in the north, white tigers in the west and suzaku in the south.

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Recommended place for stargazing this week: Huoshizhai

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Address: Huoshizhai Township, 0/5km north of Xiji County, Guyuan, Ningxia.

Huoshizhai National Geological (Forest) Park is the only tourist attraction in Ningxia that has both national geological parks and national forest parks, national AAAA-level tourist attractions and national nature reserves.

The rocks in the scenic area are dark red, especially under the shade of green trees, like clouds of burning flames, especially under the shade of green trees, so it is called flint village.

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Astronomical beauty map

Lions in Orion

Can you see a lion? The deep exposure shows the famous dark indentation, which looks like a horse's head and can be seen at the left and bottom of the center. As expected, it is called the Horsehead Nebula.

The characteristic composition puts forward another incomplete animal icon-the lion head icon in the vast orange gas above the horse's head. You can see the flame nebula on the left side of the horse's head. The Horsehead Nebula is located in Orion, 500 light years away.

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skill

1. Ningxia has a large temperature difference between day and night. Please keep warm when you look at the stars at night.

2. Choose places far away from light pollution and less air pollution to watch the stars.

Please avoid bright light 30 minutes before watching the stars and let your eyes adapt to the dark environment.

4. Prepare stargazing equipment, shooting equipment, mobile power supply, light source, watch and hot water in advance.