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  • Stargazing News - November 24th, 2024

    From CJ@21:2/156 to All on Sat Nov 23 11:16:37 2024
    Sunday, November 24, 2024

    The Horse's Nose (evening)

    The bright star Enif, named from the Arabic phrase Al'anf, "the Nose", marks the muzzle of Pegasus, the flying horse. The orange-tinted star shines 20 degrees to the west of Markab, the southwestern corner star of Pegasus' Great Square. Binoculars or any sized telescope will reveal a faint companion
    sitting close-in to Enif's northwest. Enif is a low-temperature, orange supergiant star located 670 light-years away from the sun. It is nearing the last stages of its life cycle, and is just at the lower mass limit for
    expiring in a supernova explosion. On a dark night, the bright globular star cluster Messier 15, which is located only 4 degrees to the northwest of Enif, can be seen in the same binoculars field.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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