Podcast: Night-sky targets for February 20-27, 2009
Beehive Cluster, open cluster M50, and the Rosette Nebula are nicely visible in this week's sky.
MIchael E. Bakich, Senior Editor
 The Beehive Cluster is a stellar gathering 40 light-years across and some 577 light-years away. From that distance, our Sun would be faintly visible in small telescopes as an 11th-magnitude speck. Various sources put the cluster’s age at about 700 million years. Tom Bash and John Fox/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF [View Larger Image] In each episode, Michael highlights:
Targets for February 20-27, 2009
Small telescope: Open cluster M50 8-inch or larger telescope: The Rosette Nebula |
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