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Guess the ConstellationCan you connect the dots and find out who you might see in the night sky above the

Downs?

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Orion –The HunterNebula and Star Formation

Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope

Credit: Stellarium.org

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Ursa Major – Great BearNavigation by Polaris

North

Credit: Stellarium.org

Credit: Graham Bryant Hampshire Astronomical Group

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Andromeda – The Chained PrincessLocal Galaxies

Credit: Microsoft Research World Wide Telescope

Credit: Stellarium.org

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Credit: Microsoft World Wide TelescopeCancer – The CrabBeehive Cluster Galileo

Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons

Credit: Stellarium.org

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Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope

Credit: Stellarium.org

Sagittarius – The CentaurCentre of the Galaxy

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Taurus – The BullRed Giants

Credit: Microsoft World Wide Telescope

Credit: Stellarium.org

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA

Credit: Stellarium.org

Cassiopeia – The Vain QueenBinary and Double Stars

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Cygnus – The SwanBlack Holes

Credit: NASA/Honeywell Max-Q Digital group / Dana Berry

Credit: Stellarium.org

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC

Credit: Stellarium.org

Bootes – The PloughmanExoplanets

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/63673main_image_feature_206_jwfull.jpg
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Canis Major – The great dogSirius the Brightest Star

Credit: Microsoft World Wide TelescopeCredit: Stellarium.org

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Vulpecula – The FoxPulsars and Little Green Men

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Credit: Stellarium.org

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Virgo – The VirginVirgo supercluster and Einstein

Credit: Microsoft World Wide TelescopeCredit: Stellarium.org

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Perseus – The WarriorPerseid Meteor Shower

Credit: Nasa / Katsuhiro Mouri & Shuji Kobayashi (Nagoya City Science Museum/Planetarium Credit: Stellarium.org

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/63673main_image_feature_206_jwfull.jpg
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PulsarsMeteor

Showers

Galaxy Supercluster

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Brightest Star

Exoplanets

Black HoleDouble Stars

Red giantCentre of Galaxy

GalileoAndromeda

Navigation by Polaris

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