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SUMMARY:The Pleiades (all night)
DESCRIPTION:In the evening during early January\, the prominent open star cluster known as the Pleiades\, the Seven Sisters and Messier 45\, is climbing the southeastern sky. The stars of its home constellation Taurus\, the Bull will be below the cluster. This year\, the brilliant planet Jupiter will be shining about 1.3 fist diameters to the lower left (or 13 degrees to the celestial east) of the cluster. The “sisters” are medium-bright\, hot blue stars named Asterope\, Merope\, Electra\, Maia\, Taygeta\, Celaeno\, and Alcyone. In Greek mythology\, those characters were the daughters of Atlas\, and half sisters of the Hyades. They are indeed related – born of the same primordial gas cloud. To the unaided eye\, only six of the stars are usually apparent\, including their parents Atlas and Pleione huddled together at the east end of the grouping. In binoculars (inset) and backyard telescopes\, hundreds of fainter stars surround them. Not surprisingly\, many cultures\, including Aztec\, Maori\, Sioux\, Hindu\, and more\, have developed stories about those stars. In Japan\, it is called Subaru\, and forms the logo of the eponymous car maker. Due to its shape\, the cluster is sometimes confused with the Little Dipper.
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SUMMARY:The Andromeda Galaxy (all night)
DESCRIPTION:After the sky fully darkens in early January\, the Andromeda Galaxy is positioned near the zenith\, which is ideal for viewing it through a minimum of Earth’s atmosphere. The galaxy will descend the western sky as the hours roll by\, but you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy it. This large spiral galaxy\, also designated Messier 31 and NGC 224\, is 2.5 million light years from us\, and covers an area of sky measuring 3 by 1 degrees (or six by two full moon diameters)! Under dark skies\, M31 can be seen with unaided eyes as a faint smudge located a palm’s width to the lower right (or 7 degrees to the celestial north-northwest) of the medium-bright star Mirach. The three westernmost stars of W-shaped Cassiopeia\, Caph\, Shedar\, and Navi (Gamma Cas)\, also conveniently form an arrowhead that points towards M31. Binoculars (orange circle) will reveal the galaxy very well. In a telescope\, use your lowest magnification eyepiece and look for M31’s two smaller companion galaxies\, the foreground\, brighter Messier 32 and the more distant\, fainter Messier 110.
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