BIENVENIDOS 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.