Amateur astronomers created the asterism the Teapot of Sagittarius because the constellation is so big and doesn’t exactly resemble an Archer. // Astronomy: Roen Kelly
Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three or more objects or events you can see in the sky.
Targets for July 4–11, 2013
Naked-eye: The Teapot asterism
Small telescope: Globular cluster M4
Large telescope: The Snake Nebula (B72)
