GOOD EEEEVENING NIGHT WALKERS, IT S ALMOST
HAL-LOWEEN, AND THERE ARE THE STARS AND

 

CONSTELLA-TIONS IN OUR SKY THAT STRUCK TERROR
IN THE HEARTS OF OUR ANCESTORS : LIKE ALGOL!

 

YOU MAY REMEMBER MEDUSA FROM ANCIENT GREEK
MY-THOLOGY -- A WINGED WOMAN WITH SNAKES FOR HAIR.

 

TO LOOK INTO HER EYES, YOU D TURN TO STONE! THE
GREEK HERO PERSEUS, SLICED OFF HER HEAD, AND BUT

 

IT RE-TAINED ITS POWERS AND HE CARRIES IT IN THE
SKY -- IT S DEMON EYE MARKED BY THE STAR ALGOL.

 

HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND 9PM AND LOOK
NORTHEAST. HIGH IN THE SKY YOU SHOULD

 

SEE THE W OF CASSIOPEIA. DRAW A LINE THROUGH
SECOND AND THIRD STARS FROM THE BOTTOM OF

 

CASSIOPEIA TO FIND MIRFAK THE BRIGHTEST
STAR IN PERSEUS. TO IT S RIGHT IS ALGOL.

 

ALGOL WAS CONNECTED TO THIS LEGEND
BECAUSE IT CHANGES BRIGHTNESS AND

 

COLOR BECAUSE IT S ACTU-ALLY
THREE STARS ORBITING EACH OTHER!

 

KEEP AN EYE ON IT, WHILE YOU KEEP LOOKIN UP!