Check out these mid-winter binocular targets
Posted in General, Stargazing on February 8th, 2010 by Peter LipscombThe mid-winter night sky presents a treasure trove of targets well suited for viewing with binoculars. One of the most easily found is the Pleiades open star cluster. Nearly overhead at night fall, it is a group of several hundred sibling stars that formed from the same mother nebula. Their common origin makes the star cluster’s nickname ‘the seven sisters’ especially appropriate. At about 400 light years from us, the star light we see today began its journey about the time when Galileo made the first astronomical use of a telescope.
