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mikephillips
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He's in the city and late to a show...
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I like Stellarium. If I can find something, *anyone* can find something.
stellarium-web.org
In the Search box, just type Hercules, choose the constellation, and you'll see a night time sky view with the constellation highlighted.
Stellarium Web Online Star Map
Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
stellarium-web.org
In the Search box, just type Hercules, choose the constellation, and you'll see a night time sky view with the constellation highlighted.
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Orion's belt is so-so, only three stars.
There are also phone Apps, like SkyView for iPhones, that you can enter Hercules and it will direct you to it and will also show satellites, etc.
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Just downloaded the Stellarium app. That is insanely cool. If I had known back then that technology would advance this far I'd have just taken a semester of basketweaving instead.
And now I finally know that the freaky-bright thing on the horizon when I walk the dogs in the early morning is (probably) Mars. And that when I take them out tonight before bed, I should see Jupiter.
And now I finally know that the freaky-bright thing on the horizon when I walk the dogs in the early morning is (probably) Mars. And that when I take them out tonight before bed, I should see Jupiter.
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Orion constellation is incredibly interesting.
Just under the belt on the left side is a nebula chock-a-block with activity.
Lots of stars being born and dying visible with binoculars.
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Yes, the Orion "Trapezium" is truly amazing (with a telescope). So much going on.
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