Written by Mahmoud Ragheb

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 03:30 AM

Experts and amateur astronomers are gearing up to observe and follow an exciting triple conjunction today, Wednesday, and tomorrow, Thursday, involving the Moon. Thursday (the largest planet in the solar system) and Mercury (the smallest planet in the solar system), and this astronomical scene can be seen with the naked eye, the atmosphere is clear, the sky is clear of clouds, dust and water vapor..

Professor Ashraf Dadros said Astronomy At the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, the Moon is closest to Jupiter on this day and closest to Mercury next Thursday, and the conjunction can be seen at 5:15 a.m. in the east, just before sunrise. It appears until it soon disappears, from sunrise to the intensity of morning twilight .

A professor of astronomy at the National Institute for Astronomical Research pointed out that the connection between celestial bodies and human destiny is not from astronomy, rather it is astrology and astrology is not a science but a craft like reading. Palms, cups, striking answer sheets, opening cards, etc., are all hypothetical things associated with divination and occultism..

Tatros asserted that there was no scientific basis for the connection between the conditions of the planets and their conjunctions for the occurrence of earthquakes. Apart from being dangerous, the daytime phenomena associated with the Sun have no harm to human health or the daily activities of the Earth, because viewing the Sun with the naked eye is usually very harmful to the eye, indicating that astronomical phenomena are fun and likeable. Amateurs and people interested in photography follow them, if the weather is clear and the sky is free of clouds, dust and vapor. .