The Sky At Night

[dellzeqq]

Rich. Ever the romantic.

 

[rich p]

Rich. Ever the romantic.

...and another thing, the constellation Leo looks nothing like a lion. More like an umbrella in a strong wind...

 

[Yellow Fang]

I hope Nelson Mandela can hold on till after Friday, because with Patrick Moore and Alex Moulton passing on this week, the Last Word programme on Radio 4 sounds like it will be good one.

 

[Yellow Fang]

There's someone who proves (in the true sense of the word) MontyVeda's age:fascism ratio theory and finds it wanting.

I am not sure what you mean. I am just saying if Nelson Mandela dies before Friday, the whole programme will be dedicated to him.

 

[ASC1951]

i'm just a little south of Oslo centre. So there is a fair amount of light pollution.
I'd have to get on the bike/in the car and travel 10km for pitch blackness.

Yeah, it's bad in Leeds too - but I've got a cellar!

Anyroadup, did different cultures group the stars in different constellations? Or just generally the same constellations with different depictions e.g. ladle/wagon/plough?

 

[slowmotion]

...and another thing, the constellation Leo looks nothing like a lion. More like an umbrella in a strong wind...

Yes!. None of the constellations look anything like the animals/objects that they are supposed to portray. Either it's a huge con or the Ancients were in a permanently pissed-up state.

 

[slowmotion]

Or maybe lions have evolved a bit since then - I can't see that version being all that successful in the wilds of the Serengheti

Yes, pitifully thin...

 

[outlash]

Anyroadup, did different cultures group the stars in different constellations? Or just generally the same constellations with different depictions e.g. ladle/wagon/plough?

Apparently the Aboriginals used the dark nebulae to depict certain objects.


Tony.

 

[Doseone]

...and another thing, the constellation Leo looks nothing like a lion. More like an umbrella in a strong wind...

Its a mouse, with no legs.

 

[Wobblers]

And here it's cloudy with a bit of drizzle.

Sigh.

 

[slowmotion]

Its a mouse, with no legs.

The Bent Coathanger more like.

 

[Doseone]

Just been outside with the binoculars and got a great view of Jupiter and 3 moons. After a day of biblical rain its a lovely clear night.