Key Takeaways:
Many a night I saw the Pleiads / Rising thro’ the mellow shade / Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies / Tangled in a silver braid. —Alfred Lord Tennyson, Locksley Hall
Phil Harrington’s binocular universe: Winter’s swarming fireflies
December 2007: This season's sky gem contains challenging targets for binocular observers.
