Post on 31-Dec-2015
Guess the ConstellationCan you connect the dots and find out who you might see in the night sky above the
Downs?
Orion –The HunterNebula and Star Formation
Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope
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Ursa Major – Great BearNavigation by Polaris
North
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Credit: Graham Bryant Hampshire Astronomical Group
Andromeda – The Chained PrincessLocal Galaxies
Credit: Microsoft Research World Wide Telescope
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Credit: Microsoft World Wide TelescopeCancer – The CrabBeehive Cluster Galileo
Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons
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Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope
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Sagittarius – The CentaurCentre of the Galaxy
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
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Cassiopeia – The Vain QueenBinary and Double Stars
Cygnus – The SwanBlack Holes
Credit: NASA/Honeywell Max-Q Digital group / Dana Berry
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC
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Bootes – The PloughmanExoplanets
Canis Major – The great dogSirius the Brightest Star
Credit: Microsoft World Wide TelescopeCredit: Stellarium.org
Virgo – The VirginVirgo supercluster and Einstein
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Perseus – The WarriorPerseid Meteor Shower
Credit: Nasa / Katsuhiro Mouri & Shuji Kobayashi (Nagoya City Science Museum/Planetarium Credit: Stellarium.org