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Summer Objects
Try to find these objects with your telescope.
  M57 - Ring Nebula
    Like a smoke ring in the heavens. It can be found in the parallelogram of Lyra. It is one of the brightest nebulas and can be seen in a small telescope.
  M13 - Globular Cluster
    Very Bright cluster in Hercules. One of the brightest.
  M92 - Globular Cluster
    Another bright cluster in Hercules
  HIP 95947 - Albireo
    A beautiful double star of blue and gold at the nose of the swan Cygnus
  NGC 6826- Blinking Panetary Nebua
    Although this is a tougher one to find I really love this one. If you look directly at it it appears as a star. If you look slightly to the side (averted vision) it turns to a fuzzy ball. It "blinks because your eye moves.
     
 
 
 
 
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Summer Constellations
The first thing I do when I get out in the dark night with my telescop is get oriented. They best way to do that is find the "Summer Triangle". The summer triangle consits of three bright stars from three constellations. THere are a lot of great things to see in the area of these three since they are in the diection of the milkey way. The triangle should be almost directly overhead in the summer.
Summer Triangle
 
Once you find the summer triangle you can discern the three constllation that it's three stars belong too. There are some great object to be found in this area, Some like the blue and gold double star Alberio are very easy objects to find.
 
Summer Triangle
 
Cygnus
  Cygnus, the Swan, is also known as the Northern Cross because of its distinctive shape. The tail of the swan is marked by the bright star Deneb, Arabic for "tail". Three fainter stars cross the line between Deneb and the head of the swan, Albireo. Albireo is a beautiful double star of blue and gold at the nose of the swan Cygnus. Cygnus flies southward along the summer Milky Way, and into the Summer Triangle.
   
Lyra
  Lyra's name is derived from the lyre, a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in classical antiquity and later. Lyra is a small constellation, but its principal star, Vega, is one of the brightest in the sky. Like a smoke ring in the heavens, the Ring Nebula can be found in the parallelogram of Lyra. It is one of the brightest nebulas and can be seen in a small telescope.
Aquila
  Aquila is a constellation. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it is commonly represented as such. It lies roughly at the celestial equator. The alpha star, Altair, is a vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism.
Sagittarius
 

Sagittarius is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for the archer, and its symbol is (Unicode ?), a stylized arrow. Sagittarius is commonly represented as a centaur drawing a bow. It lies between Ophiuchus to the west and Capricornus to the east.
Scorpius
 

Scorpius is one of the constellations of the zodiac; the associated astrological sign is called Scorpio. Its name is Latin for scorpion. It lies between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east. It is a large constellation located in the southern hemisphere near the center of the Milky Way.
   
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