Thursday, February 18, 2010

Ivan “Gus” Grissom

A star named Navi forms the middle point of W-shaped Cassiopeia, which is high in the north this evening. The name comes from Ivan “Gus” Grissom. He and his Apollo 1 crewmates named three stars for themselves as a joke. When they died in a launchpad fire, the names stuck.

- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill