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Constellation Tour 02 - Ursa Major

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Online Public

Type: Special Event

Held on: Jul 06, 2020 (Mon) at 05:00 PM to Jul 06, 2020 (Mon) at 06:00 PM

Online Location: https://youtu.be/DplK8bpqtYg

Speaker: St. Louis Astronomical Society

Location:

Event Coordinator: John McLaren

Overview

Take a tour with me through the constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. 
This tour will be conducted using Stellarium and released on YouTube. 
This is part of a series of 88 virtual sky tours that will take you around 
the entire sky, one constellation at a time. Join me as we go through the 
constellation's location in the sky, it's brighter stars, double stars, 
and a few deep-sky objects.

These tours will be presented on Monday evenings. Each tour will run for 10 to 30 minutes.


The presentation will be released at 7:00PM on Monday, July 6, 2020,
at this link:

https://youtu.be/DplK8bpqtYg

It will remain on YouTube after this date for a limited time.
I look forward to sharing the night sky with you!

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