WHAT’S UP STAR GAZERS - TRACE# HERE.

OUR WINTER STARS ARE SHINING, SO PERSEUS THE HERO IS BACK IN THE EVENING# SKIES.

PERSEUS SAVED ANDROMEDA FROM CETUS, MARRIED HER, AND BEHEADED MEDUSA - WHOSE# SEVERED HEAD HE STILL HOLDS IN THE SKIES!

LOOK NORTHEAST AT 7:30PM FOR# CAPELLA IN AURIGA THE CHARIOTEER, THEN FOR THE PLEIADES LOOKING# LIKE A TINY DIPPER ON THE RIGHT, THEN FIND CASSIOPEIA LOOKING LIKE A W HIGH IN THE# SKY - IN BETWEEN THIS ASTRO-TRIANGLE IS PERSEUS!

AT THE CENTER OF PERSEUS IS# MIRFAK-WHICH MEANS "THE ELBOW” IT’S A YELLOW-WHITE SUPERGIANT# STAR 590 LIGHT-YEARS FROM EARTH.

AND IN HIS HAND, HERE IS MEDUSA’S HEAD# WITH ALGOL, THE "WINKING EYE OF MEDUSA."

ALGOL IS AN ECLIPSING VARIABLE STAR SYSTEM!# PUT SIMPLY, TWO STARS ARE ORBITING EACH OTHER 93 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY, AND THEY DIM AT# A REGULAR INTERVAL EVERY 2.87 DAYS.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU LOOK THERE’S A# STORY IN THE STARS.

KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!