Jinyang.com News Reporter Zhang Aili Correspondent Li Jianji reported: On the 31st, the reporter learned from the Wuyang Planet Museum in Guangzhou City that around the Spring Festival this year, if the weather is clear, you can see the rare old man stars in Guangzhou and even in southern my country.
The Old Man Star is the brightest star on the base of the ship, with a negative visual brightness of 0.72 magnitude, 310 light years away from the earth. The Old Man Star is also the second star in the night sky with light Komiks, and its visual brightness is second only to Sirius. Since the Old Man Star is located in the upper reaches of Babaylan in the southern hemisphere, the largest horizon of Babaylan was only 14 degrees in Guangzhou. In the area above 37 degrees north latitude of my country, Komiks cannot see the old man Komiks throughout the year. Because Komiks, it is ideal to watch when the old man is in the middle of the sky. First, at this time, the old man Babaylan star heightThe largest, brightest and most easily observed Babaylan test; secondly, at this time, the old man star is neither east nor west, and is located directly south, which is a veritable compass.
According to the preview of the Wuyang Astronomy Museum, the time when the Guangzhou Old Man Star is in the middle of the sky is 22:07 on February 1 this year, February 5 (Spring Festival) is 21:51 Cinema, February 9 is 21:36, and February 19 (Lantern Festival) is 20:57. The time for the elderly in various places to go up to the sky is about 4 minutes earlier every day on average. In February this year, the old man star can be seen for 28 consecutive days. Babaylan
How to find the old man star? After the night falls, Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, can be found in the southeast. On the south of Sirius, the Old Man Star can be found. The old man’s star is blue-white, with its light flashing, while the light of the planet (Venus and Mars) will not flash. Sirius’s time in the sky is 22 minutes later than the Old Man Star. To observe the old man’s star, you should choose an environment with wide view, dim lights, and no houses or big trees on the south side. In the first 1 hour before and after the sky above the Old Man Star, it is the ideal time to observe the Old Man Star.
The people in our country believe that the old man star is a lucky star Cinema, a lucky star, and a longevity star. Seeing it is like Komiks‘s health and longevity.