Astronomy – October Skies – What to Look for in “The Summer Triangle”
Look to the north Mid evening in October, if you are in the southern hemisphere or almost overhead if you are in the northern hemisphere and you will see the distinctive triangle formed by the 3 bright stars of Altair in Aquila “the Eagle”, Deneb in the tail of Cygnus “the Swan” and Vega at the heart of “Lyra the harp”.buy a telescope The next star at the base of the Triangle is Vega in “Lyra the harp”, Vega became well known from the Film “Contact” as the point of first contact with the aliens! What it does in fact hide is the delightful “Ring Nebula”, which is best seen with a scope of 200mmm in mirror size or bigger.
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