Boötes /boʊˈoʊtiːz/ is a constellation in the northern sky. The name comes from the Greek Βοώτης, Boōtēs, meaning herdsman or
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WIP….. Rasalgethi (great double star) NGC 6210 (planetary nebular) Abell 39 (planetary nebula) Zeta Hercuilis (double star) M13 (globular cluster)
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Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about
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Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. It is the fifth
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The night sky contains 1000’s of stars and observable objects along with many more which are not view-able to the
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Whilst browsing for new apps for IOS/Android – found a website which may be of interest to similar minded people
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Late last year, I took a single image of our Moon which after some tweaking (if I may say) –
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Due to cloudy skies, it has nearly been a full month without a chance to head outside into the cold.
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Moving on from the moon – I have set my sites on Jupiter. For those trying to find Jupiter –
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