21st January 2011

After checking some videos on the sky at night website, I decided to see if I could find the double stars Mizar & Alcor in Ursa Major (The big dipper).

To my surprise, I did manage to locate the two stars, which are supposedly

caught in each others gravitational pull.

I must admit I am amazed to think the two stars I was looking at are actually caught in a tug of war with each other.

I also watched a video tonight that explains that each star is also a separate binary system, as well as orbiting each other, so there are

actally four stars in total.

Unfortunately, I couldn't spot the smaller stars, and it also clouded over,

but I hope to get a picture tomorrow.