See a Double Cluster! | October 24 - October 30
Season 45 Episode 43 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #STGZ235 1 minute October 24-30, 2022 “See a Double Cluster!”
Star Gazers #STGZ235 1 minute October 24-30, 2022 “See a Double Cluster!”
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
See a Double Cluster! | October 24 - October 30
Season 45 Episode 43 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #STGZ235 1 minute October 24-30, 2022 “See a Double Cluster!”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipBIENVENIDOS STAR AMIGOS THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO LOOK AT THE NIGHT SKY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE GRAB A PAIR OF BINOCULARS!
THIS WEEK A DOUBLE STAR CLUSTER IS IN A GREAT SPOT FOR A LOOK-SEE, SO LET S HIT THE DARKNESS AND FIND IT.
HEAD OUTSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LOOK ALMOST STRAIGHT UP HERE YOU LL SEE CASSIOPEIA TO ITS RIGHT IS MIRFAK IN PERSEUS.
BETWEEN THOSE IS H AND CHI PERSEI A.K.A.
NGC 869 & NGC 884!
LET S GET CLOSER!
H & CHI PERSI IS A DOUBLE OPEN STAR CLUSTER.
THEY WERE FIRST SPOTTED BY HIPPARCOS IN 130 BCE AND ARE ABOUT 7000 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.
THEY CONTAIN HUNDREDS OF BLUE-WHITE STARS BUT, IF YOU CANT SEE THESE JUST SCAN THE EAST AND POINT YOUR BI-NOCKS AT THE INCREDIBLE PLEIADES!
USE BINOCULARS TO MAKE DIM THINGS SEEM BRIGHTER!
KEEP LOOKIN UP.
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