Owlscrying Posted July 29, 2007 #1 Share Posted July 29, 2007 July 29 As the sky grows dark on very clear evenings this week, an ancient star pattern can be found almost directly overhead: Hercules, the mighty strong man and hero of many legends. The stars that compose this pattern are, for the most part, rather dim, and it seems rather incongruent that for such a powerful figure. It is supposed to represent a kneeling man and was known as the "Kneeling One" in pre-Greek cultures. A check of a number of various stargazing guidebooks might suggest you look for a large crooked letter H, or even a butterfly that can be traced out in several different ways. A third of the way down the Hercule's western edge is the famous star cluster M 13, which may be glimpsed with the unaided eye. It is a celebrated object; the brightest and most dramatic example of a globular cluster north of the celestial equator, often referred simply as "The Great Hercules Cluster." It's a concentration of over 100,000 stars, located at a distance of roughly 23,000 light years from us. Globular clusters are masses of stars that typically lie on the outskirts of our galaxy. go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt_Ripley Posted July 30, 2007 #2 Share Posted July 30, 2007 thanks ! I'll keep my peepers open ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DДrk_Lotu§ Posted July 30, 2007 #3 Share Posted July 30, 2007 great post owls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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