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your guide to constellations deep-sky

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objects planets and events tonight's sky

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two prominent constellations in the

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December night sky represent notable

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the great hero Perseus holds the head of

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Medusa the Gorgon located in Perseus is

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m34 an open star cluster about 1,400

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light-years away from us open star

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clusters are groups of young stars that

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all formed at the same time within a

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large cloud of dust and gas look for it

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with the naked eye or with binoculars in

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Queen Cassiopeia was punished for her

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conceit and vanity by being tied to her

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throne Cassiopeia m or w shape makes

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this constellation easy to identify ADA

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Cassiopeia is a wonderful and colorful

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double star use binoculars or a small

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telescope to discern its gold and blue

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hues m103 in Cassiopeia is a fine open

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star cluster with a prominent red star

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near the center its fan shape is evident

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in binoculars lying between Cassiopeia

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and Perseus is the lovely double cluster

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this pair of open star clusters is easy

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to see with binoculars the double

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cluster resembles a handful of diamonds

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scattered on black velvet with a ruby in

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after midnight look for Jupiter shining

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a telescope reveals the planets dark

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Mars and Venus rise later in the

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catch a glimpse of them in a telescope

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late in the month Saturn makes an

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appearance above the eastern horizon

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spy it's famous rings with the telescope

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you

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the mid December night sky hosts the

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lovely geminids meteor shower the shower

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peaks on the night of December 13th to

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the 14th under a dark sky you could see

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as many as 60 multicolored meteors per

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hour the night sky is always a celestial