Podcast: Night-sky targets for January 9-16, 2009

The extinct constellation Musca Borealis the Northern Fly, open cluster Collinder 464, and spiral galaxy NGC 2403 are nicely visible in the next few days. We'll help you find them in this week's Astronomy magazine podcast.

By Michael E. Bakich — Published: January 8, 2009

You'll find Collinder 464 (Cr 464) in Camelopardalis. You'll spot it roughly 7° north-northeast of magnitude 4.3 Alpha Camelopardalis.

Photo by Astronomy: Roen Kelly

Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael Bakich, a master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three objects or events you can see in the sky.

In each episode, Michael highlights:

One object you can see without any optical aid
One object you can see with a small (4-inch) telescope
One object you can see with at least an 8-inch telescope

Targets for January 9-16, 2009

Naked eye:

Small telescope:

8-inch or larger telescope:

Listen to the podcast:

Downloadable File(s)

Musca Borealis the Northern Fly Collinder 464 and NGC 2403 (6470 kB)

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Podcast transcript
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Previous episodes:

January 1-9, 2009: Mercury, the star Rigel, and globular cluster M79
December 26, 2008-January 2, 2009: Orion's Belt, open cluster M35, and the Christmas Tree Cluster
December 19-26, 2008: The Kids, Pazmino's Cluster, and the Flaming Star Nebula
December 12-19, 2008: Hyades star cluster, open cluster M37, and NGC 1275
December 5-12, 2008: Kemble's Cascade, open cluster M36, and barred spiral galaxy NGC 925

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