Arcturus – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

The Hair of a Queen

I had often admired the wispy, stellar site of Coma Berenices, “Berenice’s Hair,” sparking softly in the clear, dark, winter Nebraska skies of my youth. It is hard to see here in Ocala due to surrounding city lights. I was delighted that it showed up as a faint sprinkling of stars clustered near the lowerContinue reading “The Hair of a Queen”

The Happy Star

The brightest star at the lower left of center in this photo is named Arcturus and is the fourth brightest star that can be seen from Earth. It is in the constellation “Bootes,” which is the kite-shaped group of stars that angle upward across the center of the photo. On the lower right are threeContinue reading “The Happy Star”