What is a shepherd?

Bootes (abbreviated as Boo) is one of the 88 constellations in the whole sky, located in the northern sky, with an area of 907 square degrees, and the brightest star is arcturus (Mu Fu α).

location

In late spring and early summer, you can find the Big Dipper first, and then stretch out the bucket handle Samsung of the Big Dipper along the arc direction, and you can see a very bright star, which is the main star of the Mu Fu constellation-arcturus (Alpha Pisces) and the brightest vertex of the "Spring Triangle" in the spring night sky. A pentagon consisting of several stars with medium brightness looks like a big kite. The brightest arcturus in this constellation (apparent magnitude is-0.04m) looks like a bright lamp hanging under a kite. Arcturus is one of the three brightest stars in the northern sky (the other two are Vega and Capella).

Along the curve of three stars in the Big Dipper Ursa major, there is a bright star whose length is almost twice that of bucket handle, the alpha star of Shepherd, which was called arcturus in ancient China. When you find arcturus, it is not difficult to find other stars in Capricorn. The apparent magnitude of Dajiaoxing is -0.04m, which is the fourth bright star in the whole day and the first bright star in the northern sky. It is worthy of being a bright light in the sky. And you see, it exudes a soft orange light, and it is flushed every day when it just rises and is about to fall. No wonder people praise it as "the most beautiful star among the stars".

brief introduction

The most famous celestial body in Mu Fu should be the Big Nebula. It is located in the south of Samsung, with an apparent magnitude of 4m. It looks like a white fog, which is very easy to identify. In late spring and early summer, you can find the Big Dipper first, and then stretch out the bucket handle Samsung of the Big Dipper along the arc direction, and you can see a very bright star, which is the main star of the Mu Fu constellation ── arcturus (Alpha Sagittarius), which is the brightest vertex of the "Spring Triangle" in the spring night sky. A pentagon consisting of several stars with medium brightness looks like a big kite. The brightest arcturus in this constellation (apparent magnitude is-0.04m) looks like a bright lamp hanging under a kite. Arcturus is one of the three brightest stars in the northern sky (the other two are Vega and Capella). In Greek mythology, Zeus, the god at the top of Mount Olympus, and his wife Hera used magic to turn the beautiful fairy Crystal and her child Achatz into a big bear (its symbol is the Big Dipper) and a little bear (its tail is the North Star). Nora, who was arrogant and jealous by nature, was unwilling to ask Poseidon to send a hunter with two hounds (dogs and dogs) to chase the two bears in the sky and never allow them to rest on the horizon. This hunter is the shepherd.

Adjacent constellation

Dog dog

backseat

aurora

Tianlong constellation

Wu xianzuo

Snakes, especially serpents or poisonous snakes.

virgo

ursa major

Best observation month

Latitude changes between+90 and? You can see it between 50 degrees.

The best observation month is June.