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Posted by Bruce McClure in | December 2, 2010
Most people see the constellation Aries as three stars in a compact grouping. The stars are Hamal, Sheratan, and Mesarthim.
Most people see the constellation Aries as three stars in a compact grouping. The stars are Hamal, Sheratan, and Mesarthim.
Bruce McClure has served as lead writer for EarthSky's popular Tonight pages since 2004. He's a sundial aficionado, whose love for the heavens has taken him to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and sailing in the North Atlantic, where he earned his celestial navigation certificate through the School of Ocean Sailing and Navigation. He also writes and hosts public astronomy programs and planetarium programs in and around his home in upstate New York.