每年八月,英仙座流星雨都会如期而至。昨晚,作为2009国际天文年的活动之一,英国的业余天文学家把观测活动搬到网上,并从当红明星Miley Cyrus那里抢得Twitter网头把交椅。(From Times Online, August 12, 2009: Perseid 'tweeteors' knock Disney star Miley Cyrus off top slot)
因为有月亮争辉,英国昨晚的观测效果并不是很好,不过,英格兰南部的观测者在后半夜还是一饱眼福了。Conditions over the UK last night were far from perfect — and a "gibbous" moon is providing competition — but skywatchers in southern England enjoyed quite a show if they stayed up late enough.
Adj. (technical) (of the moon) with the bright part bigger than a semicircle and smaller than a circle 形容大于半圆但不足满月的月亮(凸月)。
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
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