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VROD

6-6-2022 TSS Visual Report of the Day.

by helicon

"The Engagement Ring (yet another asterism)"

Today's featured report comes from pakarinen (Olen) and represents another attractive grouping of stars, this time forming a ring of ninth-magnitude sparklers appearing around Polaris, the north star. The grouping was noticed by the observer Sue French. Asterisms are different from open clusters in that they are not gravitationally bound and were formed individually, hence just random groupings of background stars that happen to form patterns as seen from Earth. Congratulations Olen on having your report selected as today's VROD!

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