St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: October 6, 2021

St. Louis MO

06 October, 2021

10:31 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: October 06, 2021 The variable star Algol will be at minima tonight at 10:23 pm CDT. You can find Algol in the northeast by 7:30 pm. If you start watching Algol around 9:30 pm, you should notice the star begin to fade. Algol is an eclipsing binary star of which you can learn more about at AAVSO. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.