All About Space Astronomer Book - 2014 UK

when viewed with a small telescope using a low power. Look now

toward the north of the summer triangle. Vega is at a reasonable

altitude, but Deneb is right on the horizon. Altair is higher up. Trace

down the line of stars marking the constellation of Aquila and you will

Shaula is only just below the first magnitude and is not genuinely

associated with Lesath: in fact Lesath is much the more remote and

luminous of the two. There are two lovely open clusters in Scorpius,

M6 and M7, both are fine sights in binoculars and absolutely glorious

WINTER (SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE)

Winter in the southern hemisphere is particularly notable because

the star clouds in Sagittarius, the Archer, are almost at the zenith

and therefore at their very best. Adjoining the Archer is Scorpius,

with the bright red supergiant star, Antares. Note the sting, now

practically at the zenith and containing a prominent pair of stars,

Shaula (lambda Scorpii) and Lesath (Upsilon Scorpii).

1

2

Astronomer Book