Where is the shepherd in the sky?

First find the Big Dipper, and then extend the bucket handle Samsung of the Big Dipper along the arc direction. The brightest is the brightest vertex of the "Spring Triangle" in the spring night sky.

Capricorn can be divided into two parts: arcturus and the stars in the east and west, and many stars in the north form a pentagon. Arcturus in Capricorn is the fourth brightest star in the night sky, second only to Sirius, Laonian Star and Nanmener, and brighter than Vega. It is 37 light years away from the sun.

Capricorn is one of the 88 constellations in the whole day, which is located in the northeast of Virgo in the northern sky. It is about 30 degrees wide and 50 degrees deep. It stands out that arcturus is the fourth brightest star in the sky. You can't see the complete Capricorn in most parts of the southern hemisphere except the tropics. Capricorn is an eye-catching constellation in the northern hemisphere sky in spring and early autumn, and it reaches the fixed point around midnight on May 1 Sunday.

Extended data

The Mufu meteor shower is active in June from June 22nd to July 2nd every year. Its parent comet is periodic comet No.7, and the return period of comet Pang Si-Winnecke is about 6.3 years, belonging to short-period comets. ?

According to astronomical data, Mufu meteor shower broke out in June in some years. The last two times were 1998 and 2004. The ZHR of the former (assuming the hourly flow at the maximum zenith) is about 100, while the ZHR of the latter is about 20 to 50. ?

Because the radiation point of the shogunate meteor shower in June is located in the high latitude area of the shogunate sky area, this means that it can be observed by the public in most parts of China.