British skies

While we're at it, here are some of the stars I grew up with, in the northern hemisphere sky. While it did rain just about every day I was in England, it nevertheless managed to clear up sometimes for spectacular starry night views.

 So here are the constellations of Perseus, Auriga, and Taurus, with its Pleiades and Hyades clusters. 

 Here are Cygnus, Lyra, and Cepheus, with the Milky Way running top to bottom.  


 




Cassiopeia, left of centre, Andromeda below it, and part of Pegasus. The Andromeda Galaxy is just visible as the faint, fuzzy patch at lower centre.

















A close up of part of Andromeda, with the galaxy easily visible.
 

I do like my northern hemisphere stars, even if our southern hemisphere ones are brighter and generally more spectacular.