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Actual Astronomy - 12 Months of Messier
Episode 531.
Just a reminder for people to write in with their questions for David Nagler.
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan who enjoy teaching astronomy classes and showing the public views through their telescopes. actualastronomy@gmail.com
Some binocular astronomy targets:
- M40 - 9.6 Magnitude 1.7'
This is a pair of faint stars located in Ursa Major. They are a tough find in binoculars, and you will be challenged to split them with binoculars. In telescopes, they appear to be an identical pair of stars and easy to split even at low power.
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