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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Stars over Sisters Man dies in accident on forest road in Sisters By Delsie McCrystal Correspondent A 59-year-old Redmond man was killed when he crashed his 2000 Jeep Cherokee into a tree on Forest Road 1810 near Highway 242 west of Sisters last weekend. The Deschutes County Sheriff9s Office reports that on Saturday, September 28, at approximately 5:19 p.m., deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff9s Office and a Forest Service law enforcement officer were dispatched to a reported accident on Road 1810. The caller reported driving up on a Jeep that had crashed head- on into a tree. Ross Bedore, the only occupant of the Jeep, was unresponsive in the driver9s seat. A family member of the reporting party pulled Bedore from the Jeep. The first deputy and USFS law enforcement officer arrived within a minute and began CPR on Bedore. Sisters Fire Department Paramedics arrived approximately 10 minutes later and took over life-saving efforts. Bedore was transported to the Sisters Fire Department where he was ultimately pronounced dead. Investigating deputies determined Bedore was headed north on the 1810 road. For unknown reasons, his Jeep left the gravel/ dirt roadway, striking the tree. Bedore had been wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. Speed is believed to be a factor in this crash, the sheriff9s office reports. NuggetNews.com is your online source for Breaking News Classifieds • Weather Road Reports After crossing the thresh- old from summer to fall late last month, October9s arrival will ensure cooler tempera- tures and longer nights as the new season progresses. When skies clear at night, the earlier sunsets and later sunrises will be perfect for doing some serious stargaz- ing. The advancing season also causes more autumn constellations and other intriguing celestial objects to wheel into view. One of the <new= con- stellations to take note of this month is Cetus the Sea Monster. According to Greek mythology, princess Andromeda was sacrificed to the horrible sea monster, Cetus, as punishment for her mother9s (Cassiopeia) brag- ging. In the myth, the boast- ing of her daughter9s beauty greatly angered Poseidon, god of the sea, and the sea nymphs. To punish them Poseidon sent Cetus to rav- age their land. In an effort to please Poseidon, king Cepheus and queen Cassiopeia were required to sacrifice their daughter to the sea beast by chaining her to a rock. But before Cetus could get to her, Perseus the Hero arrived on the scene just in time and saved Andromeda by turn- ing the monster to stone. The two would later marry. Cetus is usually depicted with fore- feet, a large jaw, and scales like a sea creature, but some cultures saw Cetus as a whale. Cetus is found in our southeastern sky, and at least part of the constella- tion is visible between lati- tudes +70 degrees and -90 degrees. Its neighboring constellations include Aries, Pisces, Aquarius, Sculptor, and Eridanus. The brightest star in this incredibly large constellation (fourth big- gest) is Beta Ceti, otherwise known as Deneb Kaitos (not to be confused with Deneb in Cygnus). This star is an b.f.f. Oh My Gravy cat food Buy two get one free! OMG! Made with healthy protein and fats, minimal carbs. Purrfect for cats that love to lick! Offer good thru 10/16 102 E. Main Ave. 541-549-4151 orange giant, meaning it left the main sequence stage of star evolution and is on the path to becoming a red giant. An amazing object deep within the constellation is NGC 17. It is a spiral gal- axy that formed when two disc galaxies merged. NGC 17 has a single nucleus with a blue central disc and tidal tails indicating it used to be two separate galaxies. This object is located at a distance of approximately 250-mil- lion light-years. The Orionid meteor shower peaks on the evening of October 21 and morn- ing of October 22. The best time to look for them is two or three hours before dawn. This year, unfortunately, a waning moon just a day or two past last quarter will interfere. Still, rates of 10 to 20 per hour are possible. The fast-moving meteors are the result of debris shed from Halley9s Comet and seem to originate from a point in space near Orion9s upraised club. Jupiter and Saturn con- tinue to shine brightly in the southwestern sky throughout the month, though Jupiter sets at 8:30 p.m. local time by late October. Mars emerges in the morning sky, also late in the month. The two inferior planets lie very NASA, ESA, THE HUBBLE HERITAGE TEAM (STSCI/AURA)-ESA/HUBBLE COLLABORATION AND A. EVANS (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE/NRAO/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY) NGC 17 is a spiral galaxy located in Cetus that was formed by the merger of two disc galaxies. It is located at a distance of about 250 million light-years. low in the west. The best opportunity to see them will come on October 29, half an hour after sunset as both Venus and Mercury will appear just above the hori- zon beneath a two-day-old crescent moon. This month the moon will be at first quarter on October 5 as 48 percent of its disk will appear illuminated. The full moon rolls around on October 13, which, despite its magnificence, makes stargazing quite dif- ficult because of the extreme brightness. Last quarter arrives on October 21, when 51 percent of the moon will be lit, and the moon will go dark on October 27 4 the perfect time to go out and look at those beautiful stars! 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