Monday, July 25, 2016

Cassiopeia and the milky way


Cassiopeia is one of the most important constellations, as it is one of the fastest ways to find Polaris. Basically, you find both Cassiopeia and Ursa Major (aka The Big Dipper), and draw intersecting lines between them, and then you can easily spot Polaris and Ursa Minor. However, tonight it was apparent that Cassiopeia also has another wonderful feature: it is on one end of the milky way galaxy.
In this picture, Cassiopeia was honestly rather overshadowed by the mix of colors and shapes in the milky way.
Cassiopeia is on the bottom left.

Enjoy!