Archive For The “Constellations” Category
Meaning: The River Print out the star map from Sky and Telescope Things to look for: Witch Head Nebula NGC1909 Messier objects: None Note: [x.x] indicates visual magnitude Pronunciation: air uh day’ nus Associated Asterisms: None % of the sky: 2.76 Visible Stars: 79 stars brighter than magnitude 5.5 You may have looked…
Meaning: The Unicorn Print out the star map from Sky and Telescope Things to look for: Rosette Nebula NGC 2244 Plaskett’s Star Hubble’s Variable Nebula Christmas Tree Cluster NGC 2264 Messier objects: M50 [] Note: [x.x] indicates visual magnitude Pronunciation: mon oss’ sir us Associated Asterisms: None % of the sky: 1.67 Visible Stars:…
Meaning: The Lynx Print out the star map from Sky and Telescope Things to look for: NGC2419 Globular Cluster Messier objects: None Note: [x.x] indicates visual magnitude Pronunciation: links Associated Asterisms: None % of the sky: 1.32 Visible Stars: 31 stars brighter than magnitude 5.5 The final (almost) circumpolar constellation visible to the UK…
Meaning: The Giraffe Print out the star map from Sky and Telescope Things to look for: IC342 [9.1] The Hidden Galaxy Messier objects: None Note: [x.x] indicates visual magnitude Pronunciation: kam uh low par’ dah liss Associated Asterisms: None % of the sky: 1.835 Visible Stars: 45 stars brighter than magnitude 5.5 Camelopardalis is…
Meaning: The Lizard Print out the star map from Sky and Telescope Things to look for: The little W Messier objects: None Note: [x.x] indicates visual magnitude Pronunciation: luh sir’ tuh Associated Asterisms: The Little W % of the sky: 0.49% Visible Stars: 23 stars brighter than magnitude 5.5 Lacerta is a small faint…
Meaning: The Dragon Print out the star map from Sky and Telescope Things to look for: Thuban – this used to be the North Star… in 2800BC Messier objects: None Note: [x.x] indicates visual magnitude Pronunciation: dray’ koe Associated Asterisms: The Head, the Lozenge % of the sky: 2.63% Visible Stars: 79 stars brighter…
Meaning: The Crab Print out the star map from Sky and Telescope Things to look for: Praesepe/ Beehive Cluster M44 Messier objects: M44 [3.7] M67 [6.1] Note: [x.x] indicates visual magnitude Pronunciation: kan’ sir Associated Asterisms: The Asses and the Manger % of the sky: 1.23 Visible Stars: 23 stars brighter than magnitude 5.5…