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//Sagittarius Tour - Freeware
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TITLE "Sagittarius Tour"
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AUTO SELECT USER 19:03:00 -28d36m00s "Sagittarius" "Sagittarius is best viewed"
"in July and August. This constellation is in the heart of the Milky Way near"
"our galaxy's largest star clouds and dark dust lanes. There are so many star"
"clouds and so much dust that we cannot see very far in this direction, but we"
"know that the center of the galaxy is in there. A huge black hole attracts the"
"dust and stars so strongly that they spiral toward it to be pulled apart in a"
"relativistic cataclysm. Wouldn't you love to see that and understand those"
"processes? Press MODE to begin then press SCROLL DOWN ARROW after the beep."
AUTO SELECT CONSTELLATION "Sagittarius"
AUTO SELECT TEXT "Sagittarius" "The Tea Pot Asterism is easy to pick out in the"
"southern sky. The huge star clouds look like steam escaping from the lid and"
"spout. The centaur pattern is not quite so easily seen.  Think of the teapot"
"top and spout as being the curved bow and the tip of the spout as the tip of"
"the arrow. Use your own imagination for the rest of the centaur."
AUTO SELECT STAR "Nunki"
AUTO SELECT TEXT "Synchronize" "The bright star at the top of the handle is"
"called Nunki or Sigma Sagittarii. It may be a good time to center Nunki and"
"hold the ENTER key down for three seconds. Most of the stars in the pattern"
"are 70 to 140 light years away. A few noteworthy double stars include Delta,"
"Epsilon, and Eta."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Doubles" "Delta Sagittarii is also called Kaus Meridionali"
"meaning middle star of the bow. It is a double with 58.0 seconds separation."

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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Doubles" "Epsilon Sagittarii is also known as Kaus Australis"
"meaning southern star of the bow. This double has 36.0 second separation."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "Doubles" "Eta Sagittarii is a double with 3.5 second"
"separation."
AUTO SELECT TEXT "Nebula" "The nebula around this constellation are"
"outstanding. The big one above the spout is called The Large Sagittarius Star"
"Cloud and is easily visible with the naked eye. This object and the dark dust"
"cloud above it are part of the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "M24" "Just north of the Large Sagittarius Cloud is the Small"
"Sagittarius Star Cloud also called M24. There is a hole in the main star cloud"
"that is like a window into the center of the galaxy. We peer through this hole"
"to the much more distant M24 nebula. M24 is over 8000 light years away and is"
"closer to the heart of the galaxy than the other star clouds. Two dark dust"
"clouds cover parts of the nebula. These are Benard 92 and 93. The nebula looks"
"like a furry face with two dark eyes."
AUTO SELECT TEXT "M8" "M8 is also called the Lagoon Nebula."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "M20" "M20 is called the Trifid Nebula."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "M16" "M16 is called the Eagle Nebula."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "M17" "M17 is called the Omega or Horseshoe or Swan Nebula."
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AUTO SELECT TEXT "The End" "Hope you enjoyed the Sagittarius tour by Tom Carlson"
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//Tom Carlson - TFCarlson@CarlsbadNM.com
//Reference S&T August 2000
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