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Dear visitor, welcome to – Mansheet. Today we present to you a rare astronomical phenomenon..
Dr. Ashraf Tadros, who was the head of the Department of Astronomy at the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, said that the skies of Egypt and the world are witnessing an astronomical phenomenon, which the conjunction of the Moon with the planet Zaara and the star Regulus is in a wonderful view tonight.
Tadros, on his Facebook page, said that the moon appears in conjunction with the planet Venus (the brightest planet in the solar system) and the star Regulus, or the lion’s heart, which is the brightest star in the sign of Leo and is considered one of the brightest stars in the night sky in general, as its mass is 3.5 times that of the Sun and it is about 79 light- a year away from Earth.
He continued, this triple conjunction can be seen just after sunset in the west until the view begins to fade around 8:30 p.m., where Venus and Regulus can be seen approaching each other. from August 1 until their conjunction on August 5 and then moving. away from each other starting August 6th.
He said the best places to observe astronomical phenomena are generally far from light pollution, such as oceans, fields, deserts and mountains. on Earth. If that were true, astronomers would have discovered it hundreds of years ago.
He said that there is no relationship between the movement of celestial bodies and what happened to man on earth, because this is not a part of astrology, but as a part of astrology, this is one of the related false issues to divinity and the vision like reading palms and cups, saying goodbye, playing cards, and so on. If astrology were a science, we astronomers are the most worthy people to study it.
He said that it is fun to watch astronomical phenomena and amateurs like to follow them and take pictures of them, as long as the sky is clear and free from clouds, dust, and mist of Earth’s water.
