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learn 10 constellations

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russellviii has written 2 entries about this goal

I went to the planetarium the other day 3 years ago

with a group of Boy Scouts working on their Astronomy merit badge. There I learned several new constellations. Among them were:
Sagittarius
Scorpius
Canis Minor

I can also find several new stars now:
Procyon
Deneb
Rigel
Antares

This is fun!

Sep 27, 2006, 09:07PM PDT | 10 cheers | 2 comments


I Know a Few Already 3 years ago

I know and can find quite a few of the major constellations of the Northern Hemisphere:
Ursa Major (Big Dipper)
Ursa Minor (Little Dipper)
Orion
Taurus
The Plaides
Leo
Cassieopea
Canis Major
Gemini (The Twins, aka Castor and Pollux)
I also know a few individual stars like Polaris, Arcturus, and Spica.

I can also find Crux, aka the Southern Cross, which is visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Unfortunately I don’t get down that way often enough to learn any more southern constellations.

I like the idea of combining this goal with my walking goal. After all, most of the time I do my walking at night. I do a lot of stargazing in the winter months when it gets dark kind of early.

I think that leaning to find a few more constellations would prove to be a good challenge.

Sep 01, 2006, 09:25PM PDT | 7 cheers | 4 comments


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