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Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, is overhead now

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Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, with its brightest star Alphecca. Read more about the Northern Crown below. Image via Fred Espenak/ AstroPixels. Used with permission.
On June, July and August evenings, look for the constellation Corona Borealis, also known as the Northern Crown. It’s a faint constellation, but a dark sky will reveal a distinctive C shape of stars in the night sky.
In the middle of the C is a white jewel of a star. This star, the brightest light in the Northern Crown,

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