Learn the Sky | How to Find the Coathanger Asterism AKA Brocchi's Cluster in Vulpecula @learnthesky | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
The Coathanger Cluster is an easy-to-find asterism located in the Summer Triangle pattern. Learn how to find it and characteristics of this pattern.

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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Asterism definition
2:02 - Brocchi's Cluster AKA Al Sufi's Cluster AKA Coathanger Asterism
3:51 - Practice finding Brocchi's Cluster
6:15 - Review

Photo Credits:
▶ Coathanger Asterism (long exposure) By Giuseppe Donatiello - CR399 DSS - Brocchi’s Cluster, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62037154
▶ Book of Fixed Stars: By Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7342979
▶ Coathanger Asterism: By Petr Novák (astrofotky.cz/~karneades) - astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?show=karneades/1383504467.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60397521

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▶ Teapot Asterism: youtu.be/0kP9ELEkwh0

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