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Looking Skyward: Get ready for T Cor Bor (It's a star!)

CAI | By John Basile
Published March 18, 2024 at 3:03 PM EDT
During the summer months scan between Vega and Arcturus, near the distinct pattern of Corona Borealis. Once you find its stars, use binoculars or a telescope to hunt down the globular clusters M13 and M92. If you enjoy your views of these globular clusters, you’re in luck – look for another great globular, M3, in the nearby constellation of Boötes. This is a conceptual image of how to find Hercules and his mighty globular clusters in the sky created using a planetarium software.
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During the summer months scan between Vega and Arcturus, near the distinct pattern of Corona Borealis. Once you find its stars, use binoculars or a telescope to hunt down the globular clusters M13 and M92. If you enjoy your views of these globular clusters, you’re in luck – look for another great globular, M3, in the nearby constellation of Boötes. This is a conceptual image of how to find Hercules and his mighty globular clusters in the sky created using a planetarium software.

In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket, about a star that has existed for many years, but is becoming more visible.

Learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnnWR7NhGls
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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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