Uploaded October 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Why does seasoned sky watcher Pete Lawrence think M29 (an open cluster of stars) is a little bit "pants". It is also said to resemble a cooling tower.
NB: Pants is a British way of saying "not good"... it is more light-hearted and normally refers to "underpants".
Pete Lawrence's website is digitalsky.org.uk and is full of amazing images.
Messier object playlist: bit.ly/MessierObjects
Deep Sky Videos website: deepskyvideos.com
Twitter: twitter.com/#!/DeepSkyVideos
Facebook: facebook.com/DeepSkyVideos
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/68847473@N02
More about the astronomers in our videos: deepskyvideos.com/pages/contributors.html
Videos by Brady Haran. A run-down of Brady's channels:
periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/here-are-my-channels.html
Editing in this film by Stephen Slater
Why does seasoned sky watcher Pete Lawrence think M29 (an open cluster of stars) is a little bit "pants". It is also said to resemble a cooling tower.
NB: Pants is a British way of saying "not good"... it is more light-hearted and normally refers to "underpants".
Pete Lawrence's website is digitalsky.org.uk and is full of amazing images.
Messier object playlist: bit.ly/MessierObjects
Deep Sky Videos website: deepskyvideos.com
Twitter: twitter.com/#!/DeepSkyVideos
Facebook: facebook.com/DeepSkyVideos
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/68847473@N02
More about the astronomers in our videos: deepskyvideos.com/pages/contributors.html
Videos by Brady Haran. A run-down of Brady's channels:
periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/here-are-my-channels.html
Editing in this film by Stephen Slater
