What's your favourite constellation?

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Min is Orion and its nebulae M42

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What's your favourite constellation?

That was also the favourite constellation of the Egyptians. Saw a documentary which relates the positioning of three pyramids to that constellation........

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That was also the favourite constellation of the Egyptians. Saw a documentary which relates the positioning of three pyramids to that constellation........


Yeah i saw someting like that on tv:)

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That was also the favourite constellation of the Egyptians. Saw a documentary which relates the positioning of three pyramids to that constellation........

Yeah i saw someting like that on tv:)

Link here for anyone interested......

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That was also the favourite constellation of the Egyptians. Saw a documentary which relates the positioning of three pyramids to that constellation........

Yeah i saw someting like that on tv:)

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Yeeep that's it:)
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My favorite is Orion...It is

My favorite is Orion...It is so easy to see from where i live.

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My favorite is Orion...It is so easy to see from where i live.

To me, the whole vista of the night sky never ceases to amaze me.

....but if I had to pick, it would be Gemini...

..because folk often say I talk a lot of Pollux, at least I think that's what they said.

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It isn't a constellation,

It isn't a constellation, actually, but my favorite celestial sight is the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus. Through binoculars it is impressive enough; through an 8-inch telescope it mesmerizes me. :-)

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It isn't a constellation, actually, but my favorite celestial sight is the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus. Through binoculars it is impressive enough; through an 8-inch telescope it mesmerizes me. :-)

Same here. Strange we should both say so. I have been interested in this since the 3rd or 4th grade when we were assigned the task of recreating constellations by punching holes in the bottom of a tin can with the correct pattern and hole size and then to be able to shine a light through it to project the pattern on a wall. By the way, a GREAT project for your kids, or other the young'uns who are about, to do with you.

Everyone else chose the Big or Little Dipper or Orion or Scorpio - somehow I chose Pleiades. Cool info on this and other clusters here.

Maybe this is why I've almost always driven Subarus?

Jim

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Cassiopeia (first one I

Cassiopeia (first one I identified using a chart of constellations, when I was a kid)

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The Southern Cross! It's on

The Southern Cross!
It's on our flag, it has the second nearest star ( Proxima Centauri ), and with a bit of pracice you can use it as a compass!
Cheers, Mike.

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