Friday, January 12, 2007

APOD 3.2


Wow, look at the picture. Do you see the coat hanger? I do! Shocking that some constellations actually have some resemblance to what they are names. But wait!! It's not a constellation, it's an Asterism!! This means it was named after something it looked like (makes more sense now eh?). The ultimate question is whether or not the coat hanger is a star cluster. An asterism cannot be a star cluster because of its definition. It is still debated whether or not it is one, but for posterity's sake, we'll say it is.

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