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How do I find the Polarstern?
Starting from the two "pointer stars" - the two rear stars of the car body - pull a fivefold
extension up to the polar star. If you extend this line far beyond Polaris, you will reach the
large square of stars shared by Pegasus and Andromeda.
The summer triangle is a striking sky region to the left of the Big Dipper drawbar. This
triangle consists of three very bright stars: Vega, Deneb and Atair.
If you draw an imaginary line straight towards the car drawbar, you will come to the
summer constellation of Scorpio. The scorpion bends in the sky like a scorpion tail to the
left, it also looks a little like the letter "J".
The American amateurs coined the saying "Arc to Arcturus and spike to Spica", in German
as much as "Bogen zum Arkturus und Spitze zur Spika". They thus refer to a region of the
sky which lies in the direct extension of the arc which is described by the drawbar of the
Great Dipper. Follow the arc to Arkturus, the brightest star in the northern hemisphere,
and then "point" down to Spica, the 16th brightest star in the sky.
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ASTRO-TIPP!
Star charts
Star atlases and rotating star maps are
extremely useful and helpful utensils when
it comes to planning an observation night.
There are a large number of star atlases in
book form, in magazines, on the Internet
and on CD-ROM.
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