Learn about Messier 93, a wedge-shaped open star cluster in Puppis—its history and how to observe it with binoculars or a telescope.
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The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024): Orion’s Subtle Fire
Discover Orion’s Flame Nebula, glowing crimson from hidden star IRS2b. Learn about its beauty and how to observe visually and with a Seestar.
HD 222872: An Uneven Double in Sculptor
HD 222872 is an uneven double star in Sculptor. Learn its magnitudes, separation, distance, and visual observing notes.
NGC 1360: Robin’s Egg Nebula in Fornax
Explore NGC 1360, the Robin’s Egg Nebula in Fornax, imaged with Seestar S50, revealing its faint oval shape and binary star heart in the night sky.
HD 214599: Triple Star in Piscis Austrinus
Explore HD 214599 in Piscis Austrinus, a triple star Herschel studied, with tips for spotting its subtle companions through a telescope. Also known as HR 8619.
Between Stars and Jingle Bells: Savannah’s Troup Square
Explore Savannah’s Troup Square, where a bronze armillary sphere meets history, James Lord Pierpont, and the story behind “Jingle Bells.”
HD 3074: A Buttery-Yellow Binary Star in Sculptor
Explore binary star HD 3074 in Sculptor: a butter-yellow G3IV subgiant with a white companion, 108 light-years away, observed through a telescope.
Navi: The Star Behind the Ghost of Cassiopeia
Explore Gamma Cassiopeiae (Navi) and the Ghost Nebula IC 63, its history, stellar energy, and connection to astronaut Gus Grissom.
The Garden Astronomer 