This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: Open cluster NGC 6231

This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: Open cluster NGC 6231

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and observe the sky’s sixth-brightest open cluster, NGC 6231, in the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion. This object has been dubbed by amateur astronomers the “Northern Jewel Box.” Although sharp-eyed observers may pick this up with their naked eyes, its swarms of stars look bestContinue reading "This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: Open cluster NGC 6231" The po…