What is the constellation on August 8?

What constellation was born on August 8?

Leo (July 20-August 22)

Leo's Satoshi (beta star), Capricorn's arcturus and Virgo's constellations form the famous "Spring Triangle" in the spring sky.

Leo is also the zodiac sign. Due to precession, the apparent motion of the sun just passed Leo in June every year more than 4,000 years ago. It's June, and the obvious movement of the sun has reached between Taurus and Gemini. ) At that time, people in the ancient Persian Gulf country of Chaldea thought that the sun got a lot of heat from Leo, so the weather became hot.

The ancient Egyptians felt the same way, because at this time of year, many lions moved to the Nile Valley for the summer.

Extended information Leo's Xuanyuan XIV is located near the ecliptic. It has four bright stars, which are about 90 degrees apart from each other on the celestial sphere, just one in each season. Together with Capricorn in Taurus, Antares in Scorpio and Nanluoshimen, it is also near the ecliptic. They are collectively called the "Four Heavenly Kings" of the Zodiac.

Every year in June165438+1mid-October, especially in the nights of June 14 and June 15, a large number of meteors will appear near ζ star with question marks written on Leo. This is the famous Leonid meteor shower.

It peaks every 33 years. As early as 93 1 year, it was recorded in China in the Five Dynasties. At the peak of 1833, there are tens of thousands of them every hour. Therefore, the next night, a farmer hurried outside to see if all the stars in the sky had fallen out.

Leonid meteor shower was still flourishing in 1866, but it was much less in 1899, and only a few were seen in 1932 and 1965. By 1998 and 1999, the Leonid meteor shower was magnificent again and reached its peak.