标签: 北斗七星

金字塔山上空的北斗七星

2023年12月10日 Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cullen Explanation: When did you first learn to identify this group of stars? Although they are familiar to many people around the world, different cultures have associated this asterism with different icons and folklore. Known in the USA as the Big Dipper, the stars are part o...

低地球轨道上的空间站

2023年1月7日 Space Stations in Low Earth Orbit Image Credit & Copyright: Zarcos Palma Explanation: On January 3, two space stations already illuminated by sunlight in low Earth orbit crossed this dark predawn sky. Moving west to east (left to right) across the composited timelapse image China’s Tiangong Space Station traced the upper trail captured m...

回顾新智彗星

2021年7月31日 Remembering NEOWISE Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava Explanation: It was just last July. If you could see the stars of the Big Dipper, you could find Comet NEOWISE in your evening sky. After sunset denizens of the north could look for the naked-eye comet below the bowl of that famous celestial kitchen ute...

极区天空的拱形光弧

2021年01月13日 Arches Across an Arctic Sky Image Credit & Copyright: Giulio Cobianchi Explanation: What are these two giant arches across the sky? Perhaps the more familiar one, on the left, is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. This grand disk of stars and nebulas here appears to encircle much of the southern sky. Visible below the stellar arch is ...

维勾斯峡谷上空的NEOWISE彗星

2020年8月3日 Comet NEOWISE over Vikos Gorge Image Credit & Copyright: Constantine Emmanouilidi Explanation: Did the Earth part to show us this comet? Of course not, even if this image makes it seem that way. Pictured far in the background is Comet NEOWISE as it appeared about two weeks ago over northern Greece. Above the comet are many stars including the ...

如何找NEOWISE彗星

2020年7月18日 Finding NEOWISE Image Credit & Copyright: Tom Masterson Explanation: If you can see the stars of the Big Dipper, you can find comet NEOWISE in your evening sky tonight. After sunset look for the naked-eye comet below the bowl of the famous celestial kitchen utensil of the north and above your northwestern horizon. You’re looking for a f...

英仙座流星雨与北斗七星

2019 August 15 The Perseids and the Plough Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) Explanation: Despite interfering moonlight, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year’s Perseid meteor shower. This pastoral scene includes local skygazers admiring the shower’s brief, heavenly flashes in predawn hours near peak activity on A...