Comments on: Mizar and Alcor in the bend of the Big Dipper https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/ Updates on your cosmos and world Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:39:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 By: Capt Doug Nemo https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-849234 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:59:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-849234 Proper movement [motion as seen from Earth E-W, N-S, declination and hour angle] has been seen in the Pleiades, The Seven Sisters.

]]> By: Capt Doug Nemo https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-849233 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:56:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-849233 It would be interesting to know if the precise distance to the group has been determined, and if any relative proper movement has been detected between Alcor and Mizar.

]]> By: Thomas Cannon https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-849230 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:54:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-849230 This is one of the reasons I signed up to get the daily EarthSky News, is for articles like this. They may not be the most interesting of things to know, nor maybe not even of that much interest to all that many people, but for me, I like learning about these little tidbits of this type of information. LOL

So Thank You again, EarthSky, and also to you, Bruce. :-)

]]> By: Week 6- Monday | Vicky's 2014 CIS internship at RIT https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-767601 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:32:49 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-767601 […] Big Dipper […]

]]> By: Double Scoop of a Double Star | – FlyTrapMan – https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-766937 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:09:29 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-766937 […] ** Another Interesting Fact** Alzor and Micor is a complex system: not only are Alzor and Micor bound together by gravity, they each have their own stars that orbit them as well! Alcor is a binary system, while Mizar is the ring leader of quadruple system. […]

]]> By: Gary Marshall https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-765110 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:09:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-765110 I haven’t consulted a star chart yet as I should have but I did manage to get them in view, I’m not sure if a saw all six or some of the fainter ones where nearby stars which where not part of the system, I definitely split it into three but like I say I’m not sure if I saw all six for sure. I could just get them all in view with a 10mm (100x) but only the bright 3 and 1 fainter one just about in the edge of view when at 200x.
P.s don’t try this with a long refractor if you are as tall as me, it hurts your back!

]]> By: Gary Marshall https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-765109 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:02:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-765109 In reply to Gary Marshall.

I’m out with telescope now trying to see this six star system, I have it pointed roughly in that region but there are quite a few stars in that area using a 25mm (40x) eyepiece to try and get it in view first. how much magnification would I need to see all six stars?
Going to find star chart now as its hard to tell what is what with so many stars in view.

]]> By: Gary Marshall https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-765108 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:56:00 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-765108 I’ve seen these two by eye, I’ll have to try split them next time I have telescope out.
I want to see m51 which is located not to far away from that too although I’m not sure how well that will show with my scope.
Was it Castor there was a article about here weeks ago which is also six stars? I’ve not tried to split that yet either.

]]> By: Mizar and Alcor: More Than Meets the Eye | Calli Arcale's Fractal Wonder https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-753274 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:23:29 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-753274 […] Mizar and Alcor, famous double star, are really six stars. […]

]]> By: Rolly Hart https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/#comment-646040 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:27:47 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=52384#comment-646040 March Sky (verse 1 of 7)
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I looked up in the sky one evening,
Some sleepy stars were starting to shine,
The sunset clouds were just about leaving,
And Orion’s Belt was falling in line.

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