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Ready to take a closer look? With the jewels of the winter night sky all setting, it’s time to buy a pair of binoculars and spend more time outdoors with the Universe. As well as zooming in on the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades before they disappear for six months, we’ll look at some famous star clusters, learn where distant galaxies are, and glimpse some of the rising stars of summer. The night sky is about to receive a fabulous sense of depth.
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Technically it’s possible to see 5000–10,000 stars with the naked eye, but only under perfect conditions. From most backyards it’s nothing like those figures.
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Carter, J. (2015). April: The Galaxy Revealed. In: A Stargazing Program for Beginners. Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22072-7_4
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