In Search of Star Cities[zz]# Astronomy - 天文
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By Joe Rao
Special to SPACE.com
posted: 07:00 am ET
17 May 2002
Soaring high in the eastern sky and almost overhead at around midnight right
now are the two stars marking the Hunting Dogs, known as Canes Venatici. In
their vicinity, avid backyard astronomers can find a wealth of interesting
objects to study, from a famous spiral galaxy to a cluster of distant star
cities.
Located about a third of the way from the end of the Big Dipper's handle and
below it, these dogs were placed in the sky to a
Special to SPACE.com
posted: 07:00 am ET
17 May 2002
Soaring high in the eastern sky and almost overhead at around midnight right
now are the two stars marking the Hunting Dogs, known as Canes Venatici. In
their vicinity, avid backyard astronomers can find a wealth of interesting
objects to study, from a famous spiral galaxy to a cluster of distant star
cities.
Located about a third of the way from the end of the Big Dipper's handle and
below it, these dogs were placed in the sky to a