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    reality 17 months ago

    here is what I decided – I am not going to learn 10 constellations – I am going to spend my time just looking up!

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&feature=user

    I just watched this – wow!

    I love my life.



    russellviii Getting ready for the summer's last vacation

    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!



    russellviii Getting ready for the summer's last vacation

    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.



    Untitled 3 years ago

    Telescope came yesterday, I am hoping to be able to correctly identlfy 10 constellations and background history in a few weeks :)



    One Step Closer 3 years ago

    I went and bought a book today on all 88 constellations. My telescope is on order and hopefully in the next month i can cross this one off my life list as well. I really find astronomy fascinating….so hopefully my stuff gets here soon!!!




     

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