/ // Cephus v1.2 // by Eric Smith (c)2006 // Freeware / TITLE "Cephus" AUTO SELECT TEXT "Cygnus" "The King is faint compared to his Queen, Cassiopeia." " Although it is difficult to see when near the horizon, it can be found by using " "the same line drawn by the Pointers of the Big Dipper to locate the North Star. " " Just extend the line further and it will point directly to the King's hat. " " He usually sits sideways or upside down in the sky. Note his eye in the middle" " and his handle behind his neck--guess he's just a puppet king." " His three brighter stars are in line to be the Pole star 2000, 4000, and 6000" " years from now. " USER 00:13:00 +72d31m00s "Planetary Neb" "" "NGC 40, this small red planetary show traces of a ring structure. " "10.7 central star" USER 20:31:24 +60d38m00s "Open Cluster" "" "NGC6939, 80 stars, very rich. Very Large but faint face-on galaxy NGC 6946" " in same field. Extremely bright but small nucleus. Several massive arms." USER 21:42:30 +66d10m00s "Reflection Neb" "" "NGC 7129. Small, faint and contains a loose cluster. SkyAtlas 2000 says this is a" "remarkable object." USER 21:39:06 +57d30m06s "Emission Neb" "" "IC 1396. Faint and very large at 3 degrees square. Contains a cluster of 50 stars." #END