Get ready to watch, the moon "encounters" star clusters! Just today

Release time:Jun 10, 2024 08:30 AM

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. I wish everyone a healthy Dragon Boat Festival. I also have good news to tell you. The moon "encounters" the star cluster. Don't miss this beautiful scene.

This evening, the crescent moon will be closely accompanied by the famous Beehive Star Cluster. As long as the weather is clear, the interested public will witness the "intimate scene" staged by these two different celestial bodies. Since the moon only sets in the west around 23:00, there is plenty of time to enjoy and take photos of this beautiful scene.

This is a close-up of the Beehive Star Cluster taken at the Gemini Observatory in Lijiang, Yunnan Province on May 23, 2022.

The Beehive Cluster is an open star cluster, also known as M44. It is one of the closest star clusters to the solar system. It is located in the direction of Cancer and contains about 1,000 stars.

Early on, the Beehive Cluster was described as a faint cloud or celestial fog, and it was not until the advent of telescopes that the cluster was resolved into individual stars. There are also records about this star cluster in ancient my country. Because it is located in the ghost constellation among the twenty-eight constellations, it is called the "Ghost Star Cluster".

This is a close-up of the Beehive star cluster taken at Baihua Mountain in Mentougou District, Beijing on May 3, 2024.

Astronomical forecasts show that the moon, which is on a "sky survey" today, will move to the sky near the constellation Cancer and will be closely accompanied by the Beehive star cluster.

Pu Shi, a member of the Beijing Astronomical Society, said that under fine weather conditions, interested members of the public can see a crescent moon hanging diagonally on the sky in the evening when they face the sky slightly west to north.

If you observe carefully, you can vaguely see a dense group of stars directly below the moon at about 2.5 full moon apparent diameters. This is the Beehive Star Cluster. If the atmospheric transparency is good enough, as the night gradually deepens, this dense group of stars will become more and more visible and emit bluish-white light, which is of great ornamental value.

Since the crescent moon is not very bright, it matches the Beehive Star Cluster very well. Under clear weather conditions, these two different celestial bodies are completely visible to the naked eye.

This is a close-up of the Beehive star cluster taken in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province on April 25, 2023.

"If the interested public wants to see the Crescent Moon and the Beehive Star Cluster, it is best to go to places with less light pollution, such as suburbs, rural areas, etc. If you want to see more clearly, it is best to use binoculars. There are suitable If you like astronomical photography, you can also take a photo of the crescent moon and star clusters.

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