The appearance of stars with a chair in the skies of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world



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The astronomical society of Jeddah will visit Monday night in the skies of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world, and in the next nights, you can attend one of the most famous star formation called "Cassiopia";

The chief of the Jeddah astronomer, Majed Abu Zahira, through the Facebook page of the website of the Society: It is possible to distinguish this group of stars with the naked eye and easily, to because of its shape that resembles the letter (w or M). He adds that this takes the form of the letter as a function of time that is being monitored, and is due to the different position due to the rotation of the earth around itself.

The leader of the Jeddah astronomer he would prefer to monitor dark sites away from light pollution, where the "chair" will appear on a shining star belt known as the Milky Way, and this glowing strip represents the edge from vision to the flat disk of our galaxy.

He continued: The Cassiopeia star group with the chair, ostentatiously turning counter clockwise around the Arctic star during the night, where it sits well above the the polar star a few hours before dawn, and also watches all the stars of the mighty 'Gemini' or 'Orion' Horizon is.

Engineer Abu Zahira said that at this time of year, the star – shaped armchair "Cassiopia" had been found low towards the northeast horizon at the night fell, but that it had been observed high before sunrise.

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