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A fine night for the Merry Dancers

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Caption: February 23, 2014: A fine display of the Merry Dancers from early evening twilight up to midnight. Little in the way of colour variation but a brilliant double arc together with swirling coils, sadly missing from recent displays. Looking NNE from Rousay at 19h 40m UT. The bright, yellow star in the field is gamma Draconis (Eltanin) used by James Bradley (prior to his appointment as the 3rd Astronomer Royal) in 1727 to verify the aberration of light. (John Vetterlein)
February 23, 2014: A fine display of the Merry Dancers from early evening twilight up to midnight. Little in the way of colour variation but a brilliant double arc together with swirling coils, sadly missing from recent displays. Looking NNE from Rousay at 19h 40m UT.
The bright, yellow star in the field is gamma Draconis (Eltanin) used by James Bradley (prior to his appointment as the 3rd Astronomer Royal) in 1727 to verify the aberration of light. (John Vetterlein)