Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Cygnus looks different...

Wow. That was weird. While I was looking up with Will at Mosport, back on 25 July, I noted Cygnus, as it was straight overhead. And I recalled thinking that the spacing of the bright stars in the neck of the swan seemed different than what I thought. Normally, the 6 bright stars are approximately equidistant. But that was the extent to which I thought about it...

Until I read today (at Sky and Telescope's site) about the unusual variances in Chi Cygni!

Wow. I saw it!

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