The Lionheart will meet Mars in the skies of Qatar on Thursday

The Qatari Calendar House has announced that the red planet, Mars, will meet the giant star, Heart of the Lion, in the skies of the State of Qatar on the evening of Thursday 19 of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah 1442 AH, corresponding to July 29, 2021 AD, where Mars will be at an angular distance of 0.6 arc degrees north of the center of the lion’s heart.
Dr mentioned. Bashir Marzouk (the expert astronomer of the Qatari Calendar House) said residents of the State of Qatar will be able to see and watch the Lionheart and (Mars) together above the western horizon in the evening sky to the naked eye, after sunset Thursday in the sky of Qatar at 6:22 pm local Doha time, even before the sunset of the star “Lionheart” at 7:38 pm local Doha time, given the absence of any obstacle to surveillance towards the western horizon.
The importance of this astronomical phenomenon lies in the fact that it is a good opportunity to see, monitor and photograph the star “Lionheart” and “Mars” together at the point closest to the page of the sky with the naked eye or by astronomical devices, in addition to this, it confirms the correctness of astronomical calculations in the calculation of the orbits of the movement of celestial bodies, in particular the movement of stars and planets in our solar system, which is a guide for amateur astronomers from the State of Qatar and the countries of the Arab region to identify the celestial bodies which can be observed and seen every night in the skies of the countries of the Arab region and the State of Qatar.
Dr added. Bashir Marzouk said that last Wednesday evening, July 21, a conjunction occurred between the star “Lionheart” and the planet “Venus” in the sky of the State of Qatar, where “Venus” was at a distance. angular distance of one degree. north of “Heart of the Lion,” and the people of the state of Qatar were able to see them together at the closest point to the sky page with the naked eye that day.
It should be noted that the star “Heart of Leo” is a binary star, and it is the brightest star in the constellation Leo, which is one of the constellations of the zodiac, and is located at around 77 , 5 light years from us.