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One of my favorite past times is to look upon the night sky and try to find constellations. Its amazing to do it from different parts of the city of even different states. I love looking upon the stars in awe! They inspire me to learn more of the night sky. Constellations #Astronomy

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The constellation, Orion, annotated.

A panorama from Cygnus (at top, setting in the western sky in the evening), across the sky overhead in Perseus, Auriga and Taurus, and down into Orion, Canis Major, and Puppis (at bottom, low in the southern sky at midnight). This panorama covers about 200° of galactic longitude, from 60° in Cygnus to 260° in Puppis and takes in the entire northern swath of the Milky Way visible in autumn and early winter in the northern hemisphere, from the summer Milky Way at top to the winter Milky Way at...

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Several nights ago the chill of interstellar space refrigerated the countryside as temperatures fell well below zero. That didn’t discourage the likes of Orion and his seasonal friends Gemini, Perseus and Auriga. They only seemed to grow brighter as the air grew sharper. Wending between these familiar constellations like a river steaming in the cold was the Milky … Continue reading "Sail Past Orion to the Outer Limits of the Milky Way"

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Grab a good starter astronomy book and a good astronomy binoculars will get you off to a great start in watching the night sky. This Hubpages will show you how.

Big Dipper points to Polaris, helps find Thuban | EarthSky.org

There are few things more stunning than the collection of stars forming Constellations. In this post, we explore the 7 Most Beautiful Constellations.

Several nights ago the chill of interstellar space refrigerated the countryside as temperatures fell well below zero. That didn’t discourage the likes of Orion and his seasonal friends Gemini, Perseus and Auriga. They only seemed to grow brighter as the air grew sharper. Wending between these familiar constellations like a river steaming in the cold was the Milky … Continue reading "Sail Past Orion to the Outer Limits of the Milky Way"

#SolarSystem facts : The Solar System consists of the #Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. 99.86% of the system’s mass is in the Sun.

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