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Pollux

The Night Sky This Month: March

March 5, 2018 by admin
messier 44,praesepe,m44,beehive cluster

Here are some of the things to see in March:

Posted in: Jupiter, Mars, Saturn Tagged: Beehive Cluster, Castor, Messier 35, Messier 44, Pollux

March Night Sky

March 2, 2017 by admin
messier 44,m44,beehive cluster

Here are some of the things to see in March:

Posted in: Mars, Mercury, Venus Tagged: Beehive Cluster, Castor, M44, Messier 35, Pollux

Winter Hexagon

March 13, 2016 by admin
winter circle,winter stars

The Winter Hexagon, also known as the Winter Circle, is a prominent winter asterism formed by seven stars prominent in the winter sky. These are Rigel in Orion, Aldebaran in Taurus, Capella in Auriga, Castor and Pollux in Gemini, Procyon in Canis Minor, and Sirius in Canis Major constellation. Sirius and Procyon are also part … [Read more…]

Posted in: Asterism Tagged: Aldebaran, Beehive Cluster, Beta Tauri, Betelgeuse, Canopus, Capella, Castor, Christmas Tree Cluster, Cone Nebula, Crab Nebula, De Mairan's Nebula, Elnath, Horsehead Nebula, Hyades, M1, M42, M43, Messier 35, Messier 36, Messier 37, Messier 38, Messier 44, Messier 45, NGC 2244, Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, Orion Nebula, Orion's Belt, Orion's Sword, Pinwheel Cluster, Pleiades, Pollux, Praesepe, Procyon, Rigel, Rosette Nebula, Sirius, Starfish Cluster, Winter Circle, Winter Hexagon, Winter Triangle

Night Sky Highlights in March

March 3, 2016 by admin
messier 44,praesepe,m44,beehive cluster

Here are some of the things to see in March:

Posted in: Jupiter, Mars, Partial Solar Eclipse, Saturn, Total Solar Eclipse Tagged: Beehive Cluster, Castor, Messier 35, Messier 44, Pollux, Praesepe

Highlights of the March Sky

March 3, 2015 by admin
messier 44,m44,beehive cluster

Here are some of the highlights of the night sky in March:

Posted in: Cancer, Gemini, Jupiter, Mars, Partial Solar Eclipse, Saturn, Total Solar Eclipse, Venus Tagged: Beehive Cluster, Castor, Messier 35, Messier 44, Pollux, Praesepe

Canopus

September 15, 2014 by admin
canopus star,alpha carinae,second brightest star

Canopus, Alpha Carinae, is the brightest star in Carina constellation and the second brightest star in the night sky. Canopus is fainter only than Sirius. The star is a supergiant or bright giant, yellowish-white in colour, with an apparent magnitude of -0.72. It is located at a distance of 310 light years from Earth. It … [Read more…]

Posted in: Brightest Stars, Carina Tagged: Achernar, Alpha Carinae, Alpha Eridani, Arrakis, Arrakis Planitia, Canopus, Castor, Fomalhaut, Polaris, Pollux, Procyon, Sirus

Aldebaran

September 5, 2014 by admin
alpha tauri,hyades,aldebaran star

Aldebaran, Alpha Tauri, also known as the Eye of Taurus, is an orange giant star located at a distance of 65 light years from Earth. It is the brightest star in Taurus constellation and the 14th brightest star in the night sky. Aldebaran has a luminosity 518 times that of the Sun (153 times in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Brightest Stars, Taurus, Variable Stars Tagged: Ain, Aldebaran, Aldebaran A, Aldebaran B, Alpha Tauri, Antares, Arcturus, Betelgeuse, Cor Tauri, CSV 6116, Epsilon Tauri, Eye of Taurus, Fomalhaut, Hyades, Orion's Belt, Pleiades, Pollux, R Doradus, Regulus, Suspected Variable Stars

Capella

August 23, 2014 by admin

Capella, also known as Alpha Aurigae or the Goat Star, is the brightest star in Auriga and the sixth brightest star in the sky. The only stars in the northern celestial hemisphere brighter than Capella are Arcturus in Boötes constellation and Vega in Lyra. The only other star visible from northern latitudes that is brighter … [Read more…]

Posted in: Auriga, Brightest Stars, Variable Stars Tagged: Alderbaran, Almaaz, Alpha Aurigae, Arcturus, Beta Tauri, Big Dipper, Binary Stars, Capella, Castor, Elnath, Epsilon Aurigae, Eta Aurigae, Goat Star, Haedi, Hyades, Hyades Moving Group, North Star, Pleiades, Polaris, Pollux, Procyon, RS Canum Venaticorum, Sirius, Star Systems, Vega, Zeta Aurigae

Betelgeuse

August 14, 2014 by admin
betelgeuse

Betelgeuse, Alpha Orionis, is the second brightest star in Orion constellation and the ninth brightest star in the sky. It is a supergiant star, distinctly red in colour, located at an approximate distance of 643 light years from Earth. It is an evolved star, one expected to explode as a supernova in a relatively near … [Read more…]

Posted in: Brightest Stars, Largest Stars, Orion, Supernova, Variable Stars Tagged: Aldebaran, Alnilam, Alnitak, Alpha Orionis, Bellatrix, Beta Crucis, Beta Orionis, Betelgeuse, Capella, Deneb, Gamma Orionis, Large Magellanic Cloud, Mimosa, Mintaka, Orion OB1 Association, Orion's Belt, Pollux, Procyon, R Doradus, Red Supergiants, Rigel, Sirius, Southern Cross, Supernova 1987A, Type II Supernova, Winter Hexagon, Winter Triangle

Praesepe (M44): The Beehive Cluster

June 26, 2014 by admin
messier 44,m44,beehive cluster

Praesepe, also known as Messier 44 (M44) or the Beehive Cluster, is a large, bright open star cluster located in the constellation Cancer. It is the brightest deep sky object in the constellation. The cluster has the designation NGC 2632 in the New General Catalogue.

Posted in: Cancer, Messier Object, Open Cluster Tagged: Asellus Australis, Asellus Borealis, Beehive Cluster, Coma Star Cluster, Comet NEAT, Comet Q4, Delta Cancri, Epsilon Cancri, Eta Cancri, Gamma Cancri, Hyades, Melotte 111, Messier 44, Messier 48, Messier 67, NGC 2632, Omicron Velorum Cluster, Orion Nebula, Pleiades, Pollux, Praesepe, Regulus, Southern Pleiades, Theta Cancri, Theta Carinae Cluster
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