Star Watch: Arcturus and Bootes

It’s almost summer, and you’ll have to stay up later now for skies to darken enough to see these celestial features, but trust me, it’ll be worth it!
If you follow the arc from the handle of the Big Dipper, you come to a bright star, Arcturus, by far the most prominent feature in the constellation Bootes, the “herdsman” according to Greek mythology.

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