Simmons 800447 Assembly And User Instructions

Aiiiong the stars the easiest targets are the Pleiades group
in die constellation. Taurus and the Great Isebuia m Orion.
Turn ?our idei^ope onto the seven visibie stars oi the
Plf-iades and you will huisdreds oi additional stats not
visible to the naked eye.
!.i.xatai about midway down the 'sword" oi Onon is the
Great Nebula. This great gas doud Ls m the process of form¬
ing a new star, whicli will liave an estimated mass 20,0CX3
times greater than our suii.
Stars in general are not intetesiii^ to the casual oliserver.
The magnifying [X)wer oi telescopes lias no apparent effect
on them, no detail can be observed, no casual infonnaticn is
rtmealed. However to the expenenced observer, there are
hundreds of inieiesting stars or groups of stars which pro¬
vide a lifetime of rewarding study.
An example of one such star Is Beielgeuse, the light-orange
star marking one shoulder of Orion, it Is one of the largest
known stars, with a diameter 4X) times our own sun.
Earth's orbit could easily fit inside Betelgeuse. One of the
most interesting features of this young star is that it periodi¬
cally expands and contracts.
Sinus, the brightest sar in the c^t sky is asualh' 27 omes
brighter tl-ian the sun. in it^ Sirkis is erf no parttular
interest, however because of its ccHupantoi sor. die a
'binary" systan tewnsd. Sirius and the orbit abait a
common center of pavtty.
Atout 1/lO.OnO as bright as Srius, The ftip is far deiser.
On Earth, one cubic inch of the P^i's mat«iai would we^
one ton. The estunated mais of tte fHip is 250.000 nme
greater than the Earth.
As derese a.s the Pup is. it does brfd the reowd. The
densest of the known stars e> known as AC+70° 8247. A
tablespoon of its substaice wcwld weigh 720 ttsE.
On the other haral the largest known star, Ejsilon
Auringne B. is 100 million limes k.'ss dense than water. If it
were here on earth, it wchM have to be ded down to keep it
ftom floating away.
If you wish to kam more about astronomy, there are sever¬
al sources of Information availaUc from libraries and book¬
stores.
CAin'IOli:
Viewing the sun with this telescope or even the unaided eye can result in
blirfdiress ororiieriieTtoas'eye darnage'wlrichTna7'be'perOTanient. : '
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