On 20 Dec 2003 01:28:41 GMT, 3rdstone (bug) wrote:

I noticed a form last winter until spring that looked like the sacred syllable
(a big 3) in the sky.

There are 88 official constellations. All the other shapes that are seen, either
widely (like the Big Dipper) or personally are called asterisms, and are
unofficial. If you see a shape that looks interesting or attractive, a forum
like this is just the place to report it, so that you share it with other
observers.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com