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Star Trail - Almach Traditional Cache

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Northbound: unable to maintain as i dont live in the area

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Hidden : 5/19/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

As Canadians, we take pride in our starry skies, northern lights, and large stretches of wilderness. Saskatchewan's vast open landscape holds above it some of the darkest skies in Canada, and as such some of the best places for astronomical observing. This series of caches is named after the stars and constellations you may see as you look up.

Almach (HIP 9640)

Almach is an orange bright giant star in the constellation Andromeda. At 352 light years away, it is the 62nd brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 2.10. Almach is a component of a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of Almach is -0.07 (85.1% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 36 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 17,900 and 24,400 light years from the center of the Galaxy.

Sky position: RA 2h 3.9m, Dec +42° 19.8'
 

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