March 10, 2012
Try to find the "Three Leaps of the Gazelle" tonight. You are no doubt familiar with the Big Dipper which can be seen halfway up in the northeast this evening. Look to the right of this asterism to see three pairs of stars, all of roughly the same brightness. The pairs are separated from each other by about ten degrees, the width of your fist held at arms length. Imagine a gazelle, prancing across the sky and you will see how this group of six stars got its name.
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