Big Dipper Galaxy Pointing System

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Learn to use the Big Dipper to find galaxies in the night sky.

Mary, an experienced planetarium show writer, gives a primer on how to find several beautiful galaxies that you can look at with binoculars or a backyard telescope, and she shows you where the famous Hubble Deep Field is located.

Credits

Mary Becker

The full version of this tour can be downloaded here (by right-clicking) and viewed in the desktop version of WorldWide Telescope.


 

See also:
CFA Shield
WW Telescope
NSF
JTF