Show Seeing Another Universe in Aug Is the time of ot year from now through the end of August when conditions are excellent to view the lations of Andromeda The Great Nebula of Andromeda Andromedas is s another complete universe of stars like our own and In thi are stars which are the distance distance dis- dis tance lance from the earth the unaided unaided unaided un un- un- un aided eye of man can see The night skies from now through the end of August will give a spectacular view of the Milky Way and of An An- To locate it follow the Big Dippers Dipper's pointers through the North Star to the star of Cassiopeia Then you must bend slightly eastward and you will notice a double line of stars that is eda The southernmost star in inthe inthe inthe the constellation is called Al- Al is located d at one corner of a square of rather prominent stars This square has long been known as the Great Square of Pega Pega- sus A kind of tall tail of stars from the opposite corner of the square gives the impression impression sion that the constellation looks something like the Big Dipper On a dark moonless night you jou ou can watch the many stars in this constellation and you will will after after a few minutes of careful watching watching pick pick up tiny specks of light which you did not see when you first looked skyward If and when you fin da spot of light which you cannot focus clear clearly clearly ly Ii even with glasses you will probably be looking hooking at the Andromeda Nebula This is a great swirl of stars another universe like the one in which we live These sire are called galaxies This other universe and the light you can see coming from it is so far away that tha it is estimated that the light ligh you might see sec of it tonight started from its exact location between seven hundred anc and I fifty thousand and one million mil mu- lion years ago I I |