Orion StarMax 90 Instruction Manual page 12

Mizar (ζ Ursa Majoris) and Alcor. Mizar, at the
bend in the handle of the Big Dipper has a dim
and challenging naked eye companion Alcor. The
ability to see the pair was an ancient eye test. In a
telescope Mizar as a close companion. These
stars are up all year, except are low in the north in
the autumn.
Epsilon Lyrae (ε 1 , ε
double star next to Vega in Lyra the harp.
Inspection at high power can reveal that each is
again a close binary star, which gives the star the
nickname "The Double-Double Star". Visible in
the evening from late spring to late autumn.
2 Lyrae) This is a wide
Antares (α Scorpii) is the bright red giant star in
Scorpius. It shows a yellow-orange in telescopes.
However because it appears close to the horizon a
lot the Earth's atmosphere can cause it to sputter
all the colors of the rainbow. The worse the
seeing the sparklier it gets. Visible from late
spring to late summer.
Note that Saturn is plotted on the chart. This
illustration is a print from Sky Charts, a computer
program for July 4, 2015 which will display the
position of planets for that date. On any other
date Saturn will not be in that exact position. This
is why printed star charts do not have planets
plotted on them except, maybe, in a special
section.
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