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!