watch! “Saturn alongside Mars” is very close at dawn on April 5
National Astronomical Research Institute (Public Organization) (Public Organization) (SorDor.) Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (TSU) Chuan Chom “Saturn alongside Mars” at dawn, April 5, 2022, appears in the eastern sky, only 0.3 degrees away, observable with the naked eye since 03:30 Onwards, through a telescope with a magnification of up to 150 times, both planets are visible in the same eyepiece.
Mr. Suparerk Krihanon, Director of the Center for Academic Affairs and Astronomical Communications, said that on Tuesday morning, April 5, 2022, Saturn and Mars will appear close in the sky, only 0.3 degrees away (measures the angular distance in the sky. Raise your little finger, stretch your arms as far as you can in the sky, 1 degree distance apart, regarding 1 little finger) in astronomy is called “joint”. If you look through a telescope with a magnification of not more than 150 times, you can see the rings of Saturn. and seeing both planets in the same viewfinder Beginning to observe from regarding 03:30 onwards in the east There is approximately 2 hours of observation time before sunrise. During this time, bright Venus also appeared next to it.
“Communion” is a phenomenon in which celestial objects such as planets, moons, two or more prominent stars appear in the sky. With an angular distance of not more than 5 degrees, it is one of the most common astronomical phenomena. Because the planets constantly change their positions in the sky. along the solar path (the path of movement of the sun in the sky), so that the planets appear in the sky in the same direction Or moving to a similar position, so it is normal, Mr Suparerk concluded.
