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Orion, the sign of winter!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Coming home in the early hours after my nightshift, the clear cool sky revealed the constellation of Orion. Always a sure sign winters just around the corner!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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 such a magnificent and instantly recognisable sight in the Winter skies!
My second favourite constellation to view behind the equally recognisable Scorpio with its red heart - sadly best viewable in the Southern Hemisphere so we don't get to appreciate it much here |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do i need a telescope to view this
Shouldn't need one!
Do i have to look out my curtains to look  "
You can look out mine if you like, nothing but fields (and a few mysterious bumps in those fields ) behind my place  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do i need a telescope to view this
Shouldn't need one!
Do i have to look out my curtains to look
Your just fishing for the Uranus gag aren't you 
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Welll you know  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What does orion look like? The horses have their rugs on again. ...summer is over!  "
Hi Frisky, you can't miss it, Orions Belt is 3 stars in a perfect line. X |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Another positive from the nights drawing in is that ISS passes overhead become easier to view again. Not sure if one is due on Christmas Eve or not this year (like they have been for the last couple of years at least) - I'll have to Google! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do i need a telescope to view this "
No....look for the three stars in a row (Orions belt) with the "sword" hanging just below on left....including the Orion Nebula. Left and up is a bright red star, Betelgeuse (a red super giant star) representing one of Orion shoulders. Also Rigel down and right....a blue star representing one of his feet.
A brilliant constellation.
Hope I live long enough to see Betelgeuse go super nova.....that will be the most spectacular event in space that will be seen in millennia! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Another positive from the nights drawing in is that ISS passes overhead become easier to view again. Not sure if one is due on Christmas Eve or not this year (like they have been for the last couple of years at least) - I'll have to Google! "
Hope so- my daughter loves looking out for "Rudolph" and his friends!! |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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"Do i need a telescope to view this
Shouldn't need one!
Do i have to look out my curtains to look
Your just fishing for the Uranus gag aren't you
x
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Welll you know "
Well if your coming I'll get my big one out
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Do i need a telescope to view this
No....look for the three stars in a row (Orions belt) with the "sword" hanging just below on left....including the Orion Nebula. Left and up is a bright red star, Betelgeuse (a red super giant star) representing one of Orion shoulders. Also Rigel down and right....a blue star representing one of his feet.
A brilliant constellation.
Hope I live long enough to see Betelgeuse go super nova.....that will be the most spectacular event in space that will be seen in millennia!"
Me too. It's said that when it does go 'bang' it will be like having a 2nd Sun in the sky. The Earth will not see nightfall for decades.  |
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