The Sky Today on Tuesday, July 22: NGC 7243, Lacerta’s open cluster

Can you find Lacerta the Lizard? This small, dim constellation is visible in the northeast after sunset, sitting below the flying form of Cygnus and to the lower right of house-shaped Cepheus.  Lacerta’s alpha star shines at magnitude 3.8; you can find it about 19° east of bright Deneb in Cygnus. This luminary may seemContinue reading “The Sky Today on Tuesday, July 22: NGC 7243, Lacerta’s open cluster”
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