Listen "Venus is the scorpion's head, Lacerta, and more about Mira and Algol"
Episode Synopsis
This week's astronomical action: Venus passes through the scorpion's head. The moon passes in front of the archer's bow. Jupiter and Saturn keep hanging out in Capricornus.
Naming a new constellation after a reptile turned out to be more popular than naming it after any king.
And how did one variable star get the name of something fearsome but another is called wonderful?
Naming a new constellation after a reptile turned out to be more popular than naming it after any king.
And how did one variable star get the name of something fearsome but another is called wonderful?
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