The Qatar Calendar House announced that four of the planets of the solar system (Saturn, Mercury, Venus and Mars) will meet the moon in the sky of the State of Qatar during the month of April, allowing the residents of the State of Qatar to see and monitor these planets. Dr. Bashir Marzouk, an astronomer at the Qatar Calendar House, said: At dawn on Sunday, the 25th of the blessed month of Ramadan 1444 AH corresponding to the 16th of April 2023, the planet with the wonderful rings Saturn will be at an angular distance of 3.6 degrees of arc north of the moon of the blessed month of Ramadan, and the residents of the State of Qatar will be able to Observing and seeing the moon and Saturn together with the naked eye above the eastern horizon of the sky of the State of Qatar, from after the moonrise time at 2:47 am, until before Sunday sunrise time at 5:11 am Doha local time. He explained that on the evening of Friday, Shawwal 1, 1444 AH, corresponding to April 21, the smallest planet of the solar system, Mercury, will be located near the crescent of the month of Shawwal, and the residents of the State of Qatar can monitor and see the moon and Mercury together towards the western horizon of the sky of Qatar after sunset at 5 o’clock. :59 pm until before Mercury sunset at 7:06 pm Doha local time. Dr. Bashir Marzouk added that on the evening of Sunday 3 Shawwal 1444 AH corresponding to April 23, the brightest planet of the solar system, Venus, will meet with the growing crescent of the month of Shawwal, where the angular distance between them will be 1.3 arc degrees, and the residents of the State of Qatar will be able to monitor and see Venus and the crescent together with the naked eye. Above the western horizon from after sunset at 6:00 pm, until before the time of sunset at 9:12 pm Doha local time. On Wednesday, the 6th of Shawwal 1444 AH, corresponding to the 26th of April, the red planet will fall "Mars" At an angular distance of 3.2 arc degrees south of the center of the Moon, residents of the State of Qatar will be able to observe and see Mars and the Moon together with the naked eye towards the southwestern horizon from after sunset on Wednesday at 6:02 pm, until before the time of Mars sunset at 11:21. evening Doha local time. The importance of these astronomical phenomena lies in the fact that they are a good opportunity to enjoy seeing and monitoring the conjunction of the planets of the solar system with the moon at the announced times, in addition to confirming the accuracy of the astronomical calculations used in calculating the orbits of the movement of planets and stars, and they are also a guide for amateur astronomers to get to know the view of the sky during the current month. , emphasizing that they are natural phenomena and will not affect the planet as non-specialists claim.
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