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Cygnus “The Swan” – A Favourite Constellation

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Another of my favourite constellations for observation, is the northern constellation of Cygnus.

It is known as “the Swan” because of its distinctive cross-shape in the sky. You can imagine it as a flying swan, with wings outstretched.

Cygnus has a declination of 29 degrees read on..





Stars – What Are They?

Our closest star is of course, the Sun. It is incredibly important to us here on Earth. Without the heat and light from the Sun, there would not be any life on Earth.

However, it is rather humbling to realise that there are billions of stars in the universe. And even worse, our Sun is an unremarkable star.

There are many stars that are bigger than our Sun and many are smaller. Some are older, others younger.

We also now know, through modern detection methods, that other stars have their own planets in orbit around them. read on..

The Moon – Our Nearest Neighbour In Space

The Moon is a familiar sight in the sky and it is our nearest neighbour in Space, being only (in astronomical terms) 250,000 miles away.

It is thought that the Moon was probably once part of the Earth, until some cataclysmic event broke it off.

Now the Moon and the Earth rotate about about their common centre of gravity. This point of rotation is actually within the Earth, because the Earth is so much more massive, but it is nearer the surface than the centre. read on..

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