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     Agarra un telescopio, binoculares o simplemente una silla de jardín y sal al patio de tu casa y realiza un turismo cósmico.Esta guía de observación de las estrellas mensuales, te mantiene informado sobre las constelaciones, objetos del cielo profundo, planetas y acontecimientos. (Todos los espectáculos tienen el mirador desde el hemisferio Norte)

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"Text for Tonight’s Sky, February 2011

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Orion’s Belt is easy to spot. It is made up of three stars, Alnitak, Alnilam, 

and Mintaka.

Canis Major, the Great Dog, is the faithful companion who follows in 

Orion’s footsteps. 

Canis Major is dominated by the most brilliant star in the night sky, Sirius.

Sirius is actually a double system, containing a bright star and a much 

smaller and fainter companion.

It is a mere 8.6 light-years away.

Scanning with binoculars just below Sirius will reveal a lovely cluster of 

stars called M41. It contains about 100 stars, including several red giants.

Stars in clusters like M41 are bound to each other by gravity and are all 

about the same age.

From the left side of Orion’s Belt, look down to the Great Orion Nebula. 

Although barely visible to the naked eye, it is the brightest diffuse gas 

cloud in the night sky. (“Nebula is Latin for “cloud.”)

A small telescope unveils the details and grandeur of the nebula.

Embedded inside the Orion Nebula is the Trapezium, a group of hot young 

stars so brilliant they cause the surrounding gas to glow. 

This turbulent cloud of dust and gas is, in fact, a star nursery. In this 

maelstrom of activity, new stars are being born.

February Morning Planets 

Saturn rises in the east before midnight, climbing high to grace the winter 

sky in the morning hours.Text for Tonight’s Sky, February 2011

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Venus rises before the Sun in the southeast to herald the coming of the 

winter dawn. 

Ending

The night sky is always a celestial showcase. Explore its wonders from 

your own backyard.

Credits

Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public 

Outreach

Starfield images created with Stellarium

Mythological constellation forms from Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive 

Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius, courtesy the United States Naval 

Observatory

M41 image courtesy of NOAO/AURA/NSF

Orion Nebula images courtesy of Robert Gendler

Venus image courtesy Michael Meyers

Narrated by Nancy Calo

Music written by Jonn Serrie

Production by Lucy Albert, John Godfrey, and Vanessa Thomas"

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