Randy Muller said:
> Joe Bob Jardine wrote:
>> You stumbled across one of my leading candidates for "best OC". That
>> 4th mag star is Tau CMa, and this cluster sometimes goes by the name
>> "Tau CMa Cluster". One of my very faves, which I revisit every winter.
>> Too bad it is down so low in the south.
>
> Tau CMa is also known as the "Mexican Jumping Star":
>
> http://obs.nineplanets.org/psc/or/mjs.html
> http://observers.org/reports/fp.12.07.96.html
> http://observers.org/reports/fp.01.10.97.html
>
Those were fun times!
My advice for seeing the Jumping Star is get a really rickety Dob, point
it at NGC 2362, tap the scope and watch the show.
BTW... Tau CMa was (is?)thought to be the most energetic know star. And,
part of a very cool cluster! Read your Burnham's!
Mark
Received on Tue Apr 19 22:01:40 2005