What constellations can you see on Mid-Autumn Night?

On Mid-Autumn Festival night, the position of the Big Dipper in the sky:

Take Beijing as an example. At the beginning of August, around 22: 00 every day, the six stars in Nandou rose to the maximum height, 20-28 degrees above the horizon due south. At this time, the Big Dipper is falling in the northwest, with a height of 20-40 degrees.

On August 2, 20021year, Saturn blocked the sun, which was a good time to observe it. The so-called rush to the sun means that the outer planets are just opposite to the sun in the sky. It rises at sunset, sets at sunrise and stays above the horizon all night.

The position of the August star

Saturn's eclipse occurs about every 378 days, when Saturn's brightness is the largest, almost equal to Vega in the summer triangle. Saturn is located in Capricorn on August 2, rising from the southeast horizon after sunset and visible all night. An ordinary 60 mm or 80 mm telescope, magnified 30-50 times or even more, can appreciate its beautiful light ring.

On August 20th, 20021year, Jupiter will hit the sun. At sunset, Jupiter rises in the southeast, ten times brighter than Saturn and second only to Venus in the western sky. Around this time, it is also a good time to observe Jupiter.