HELLO STAR WATCHERS TRACE HERE!
THIS WEEK WE CAN SEE A HORSE AND TWO PLANETS IN THE EASTERN SKY BEFORE SUNRISE!
HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND 4 AM ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK AND LOOK EAST.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE BRIGHT DOT OF SATURN.
TO IT’S LEFT YOU’LL SEE A SQUARE OF THE STARS SCHEAT, MARKAB, ALGENIB, AND ALPHERATZ THEY FORM THE BODY OF THE FLYING HORSE PEGASUS.
THIS IS THE GREAT SQUARE!
PEGASUS WAS TOLD TO COME FROM THE BLOOD SPILT AS PERSEUS DECAPITATED MEDUSA, AND LATER HELPED HERO BELLEROPHON DEFEAT THE MONSTER CHIMERA.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, PEGASUS HAS A PEDIGREE ALL HIS OWN.
WITHIN THE CONSTELLATION PEGASUS ARE SEVERAL GALAXIES AND WITH BINOCULARS YOU CAN EVEN SPOT M15, A GLOBULAR CLUSTER GRAVITATIONALLY BOUND BALL OF STARS, THE OLDEST GLOBULAR CLUSTER WE KNOW OF.
IF YOU WAIT A BIT CLOSER TO SUNRISE, YOU’LL SEE RED MARS RISE BEFORE OUR CLOSEST STAR, THE SUN.
GOOD JOB PEGGY!
KEEP LOOKIN’ UP.