Today:
Later this evening in the northwestern skies, the constellation Cygnus, the Swan is low in the northwest about 9:45 PM. It is also called the Northern Cross, in part a reference to the Southern Cross – a bright constellation seen only from the tropics southward. The brightest star in the group is at the top of the cross, known as Deneb, which means “the tail” of the Swan in Arabic.
Wednesday:
For tomorrow’s Thanksgiving holiday, we celebrate the harvest and the riches of the soil. A along the northern horizon a low and level view show will show the Big Dipper. In the British Isles, it is imagined as a plough, with the bowl of the Dipper forming the blade, almost appearing to turn over the ground along the northern horizon.
Thursday:
Between 5:30 and 6 PM, look about halfway up in the northeastern sky. Here lies a constellation within which Perseus hold he head of the Medusa in his left hand; in the Medusa’s right eye shines the binary star Algol, “The Ghoul”. Between 7:44 and 9:44 PM, Algol reaches its minimum brightness, when the fainter of its two stars eclipses the brighter star.