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主题:科学英语:每日星相(10.29)
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Uranus, the 7th planet outward from the sun, is barely visible to the unaided eye on a dark, moonless night. Tonight, the bright waxing gibbous moon erases Uranus from the blackboard of night. However, tonight’s moon does serve to direct your eye to Uranus’ approximate position in front of the backdrop stars.
The moon and Uranus appear due south around 10:00 p.m. this evening. Despite the moonlit glare, you may see the four stars that make up the Great Square of Pegasus above the moon. In a week or two, the moon will drop out of the evening sky. That’s when the blackboard of night will darken and many washed-out stars (and possibly Uranus) will brighten into visibility once again.
On a dark, moonless November night, let the Great Square of Pegasus guide you to the Circlet of Pisces. The Circlet, in turn, helps to point you in the direction of Uranus. But you’ll probably need binoculars and a detailed sky chart to see Uranus, a world that lies some 20 times farther out from the sun than our planet Earth does.
Uranus looms well over 2.5 light-hours away from Earth tonight. In contrast, the moon – our nearest celestial neighbor – resides only 1.3 light-seconds away.
Written by Bruce McClure
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楼主 Date: 2009-10-28 18:18:25