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// The Edmund Sky Guide Tour
//  Edmund Scientific
//  Based on the Works of 
//  Sam Brown and Terence Dickenson
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Double-Stars" "We will start off with some of the better 'Double-Stars'."
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AUTO SELECT USER 19:30:00  27:48:00 "Albirero"  "This is a superb double-star."
"The stars should seem to be orange and blue in color"
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AUTO SELECT USER 13:22:00  55:12:00 "Mizar and Alcor" "Located in the middle of the handle in the Big Dipper."
"Mizar was the first double-star to be discovered in 1650."
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AUTO SELECT USER 12:39:00  -01:12:00 "Porrima" "A splendid pair of white stars in the constellation of Virgo"
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AUTO SELECT USER 05:29:00  -00:18:00 "Mintaka" "The upper-most star in Orion's belt"
"You might want to look at it with a pair of binoculars to see if you can see the double with low power"
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AUTO SELECT USER 09:16:00 37:00:00 "38 Lynx" " A Beautiful pair. You may need clear, steady skies to see both stars."
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AUTO SELECT USER 18:43:00  39:42:00 "Double-Double" "This is actually two sets of double-stars."
"See if you can work the slewing to view all four stars"
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AUTO SELECT USER 00:46:00  57:30:00 "Binary Pair" "This is a wide Binary Pair in the constellation of Cassiopeia."
"These stars have a very nice contrast in color, they are also getting further apart with time"
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AUTO SELECT USER 12:54:00  38:36:00 "Cor Caroli" "A very easy to see double"
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Open Star Clusters" "Within the Milky way there are several groupings of stars easily"
"perceived with your telescope."
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AUTO SELECT USER 03:44:00  23:54:00 "The Pleiades" "This is a very visible Open Cluster that can be seen"
"with the naked eye even in the city. See if you can spot all of 'seven sisters'"
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AUTO SELECT USER 15:16:00  02:18:00 "M5" "The M5 Star Cluster. Press MODE to continue with the tour."
AUTO SELECT USER 08:39:00 20:06:00 "Beehive Cluster" "Try and resolve it with binoculars as well."
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AUTO SELECT USER 23:55:00  56:30:00 "NGC7789" "A remarkably large and rich Open Cluster."
"There may be more than 1000 stars in this cluster, making it a mid-range between Open and Globular Clusters."
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AUTO SELECT USER 05:51:00  32:30:00 "M37" "The richest of Auriga's Clusters"
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AUTO SELECT USER 17:56:00  -19:00:00 "M23" "A fine Cluster Containing Over 100 Stars."
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AUTO SELECT USER 04:03:00  62:12:00 "NGC1502" "A fairly  obscure Cluster with small, but bright stars"
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AUTO SELECT USER 06:46:00  -20:42:00 "M41" "One of the finest Messier Clusters. Look for a reddish hue"
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AUTO SELECT USER 03:13:00  59:42:00 "Stock 23" "Also known as Pazimo's Cluster."
"This Cluster was rediscovered only in 1977 by a NY Astronomy Group."
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AUTO SELECT USER 21:30:00  48:12:00 "M39" "A Large and Coarse Cluster."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Nebulae" " Nebulae are scattered throughout the Milky Way Galaxies and appear as bright,"
"milky clouds of dust and gas. Most of them are invisible in telescopes, but a few are illuminated stars"
"imbedded within them or just on the edges."
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AUTO SELECT USER 05:33:00  -05:24:00 "The Orion Nebula" "One of the brightest in the night sky."
"It is almost visible to the naked eye. The stars within the Orion Nebula should be visible and"
"are part of what is called the Trapezium."
"The Trapezium  stars are all very hot, very young stars."
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AUTO SELECT USER 18:02:00  -24:18:00 "Lagoon Nebula" "The Lagoon may not be visible to northern  climates."
"It is visible to the naked eye"
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AUTO SELECT USER 18:19:00  -16:18:00 "The Omega Nebula" "Also called the Swan Nebula because of its shape"
"Smaller ETX telescopes may have trouble seeing most of the Omega Nebula"
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Planetary Nebulea" "While Diffuse Nebulae are the signs of the births of stars,"
"Planetary Nebular are the signs of the death of stars.They are the remains of stellar material"
"that has been blown off in a supernova."
"Planetary Nebulae tend to be faint, but impressive objects."
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AUTO SELECT USER 05:33:00  22:00:00 "The Crab Nebula" "The Crab Nebula is the result of an star that"
"exploded in 1054 AD, as noted by Chinese observers of that time.It  is a pearly white color."
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AUTO SELECT USER 18:53:00 33:00:00 "The Ring Nebula" "Appears like a ghostly smoke ring"
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AUTO SELECT USER 19:59:00 22:36:00 "Dumbbell Nebula" "Looks much like a puffy white cloud that has been"
"pinched in the middle. Some may see and odd 3D floating effect when viewing it."
"It seems to hover between the observer and the background."
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AUTO SELECT USER 23:25:00  42:24:00 "NGC7662" "This Nebula appears as a blue/green disc."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Globular Clusters" "Globular Cluster" "Globular Clusters are outside the Milky Way Galaxy."
"They are clusters of thousands of stars. Unfortunately, they are not very bright and can be hard to see."
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AUTO SELECT USER 18:35:00  -23:54:00 "M22" "Perhaps the best globular cluster visible in the Northern Hemisphere"
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AUTO SELECT USER 16:41:00  36:30:00 "M13" "The Great Cluster in Hercules."
"Has the appearance of a spoonfull of sugar spilled on black velvet."
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AUTO SELECT USER 13:41:00  28:30:00 "M3 Globular Cluster." "This may not be visible in smaller telescopes"
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Galaxies" "Galaxies represent the most mind-boggling objects visible in the night sky."
"The tiny image you will see is actaully an object likely to have more stars than our own Milky Way."
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AUTO SELECT USER 00:41:00  41:06:00 "Andromeda Galaxy" "This is just barely visible to the naked eye in dark skies."
"In the scope it should appear as a thin, disc shaped spiral, much like our own Milky Way."
"See if you can spot its companion galaxies, M32 and NGC205"
"The Andromeda Galaxy is a mere 2 million LY away from us."
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AUTO SELECT USER 00:46:00  -25:30:00 "NGC253" "A rarely  mentioned, but surprisingly easy-to-find galaxy."
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AUTO SELECT USER 13:28:00 47:30:00 "M51" "The Whirlpool Galaxy, you are seeing a are sight."
"A Spiral Galaxy viewed from the top on down."
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AUTO SELECT USER 09:53:00 69:12:00 "M81" "One of a pair of close galaxies. See if you can see its counter part: M82."
"Both Galaxies are about 8 Million LY from Earth."
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AUTO SELECT USER 12:37:00 -11:18:00 "Sombrero Galaxy" "This is a spiral Galaxy as seen from the Edge on."
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AUTO SELECT USER 14:01:00  54:36:00 "M101" "This galaxy should look like a large, but faint circular glow."
"M101 is 15 million LY away from us."
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