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January 15th 04, 05:37 PM
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If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name
without a chart, strictly from memory? 
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#2
January 15th 04, 05:39 PM
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" wrote:
If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50
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#3
January 16th 04, 06:16 AM
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Sam Wormley wrote:
" wrote: If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50 I include planets and visible Messier objects in my counts.
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#4
January 16th 04, 02:24 PM
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"Sam Wormley" wrote in message ... Sam Wormley wrote: " wrote: If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50 I include planets and visible Messier objects in my counts. OK, I went out and checked. Not including planets or M-objects, but including some stars that I can name only by Bayer letter, I came up with the following: Alpheratz Gamma Andr. Beta, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Iota Cass. Alpha Per. Algol Polaris Kochab Aldebaran Merope Capella Beta Tauri Rigel Betelgeuse Sigma Ori. Theta Ori. Sirius Procyon Castor Pollux Alula Borealis, Alula Australis (yes, I know this is a weird one!) That's 26 stars that were in the sky at 11 p.m. at my latitude.
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#5
January 16th 04, 02:39 PM
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"Michael A. Covington" wrote:
"Sam Wormley" wrote in message ... Sam Wormley wrote: " wrote: If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50 I include planets and visible Messier objects in my counts. OK, I went out and checked. Not including planets or M-objects, but including some stars that I can name only by Bayer letter, I came up with the following: Alpheratz Gamma Andr. Beta, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Iota Cass. Alpha Per. Algol Polaris Kochab Aldebaran Merope Capella Beta Tauri Rigel Betelgeuse Sigma Ori. Theta Ori. Sirius Procyon Castor Pollux Alula Borealis, Alula Australis (yes, I know this is a weird one!) That's 26 stars that were in the sky at 11 p.m. at my latitude. I include.... Alnitak Alnilam Mintaka Alioth Alkaid Mizar Alcor (not Al Gore) Dubhe Merek Alcyone Deneb Scheat Markab Mirfak Fomalhaut Mira (when I can see it) Hamal etc. I don't know... I guess I got in the habit of seeing how many things I could identify by a valid astronomical name when going out for walks under skys with broken clouds... and mentally I wouldn't count them if I couldn't put a name to them.
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#6
January 16th 04, 02:39 PM
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"Michael A. Covington" wrote:
"Sam Wormley" wrote in message ... Sam Wormley wrote: " wrote: If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50 I include planets and visible Messier objects in my counts. OK, I went out and checked. Not including planets or M-objects, but including some stars that I can name only by Bayer letter, I came up with the following: Alpheratz Gamma Andr. Beta, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Iota Cass. Alpha Per. Algol Polaris Kochab Aldebaran Merope Capella Beta Tauri Rigel Betelgeuse Sigma Ori. Theta Ori. Sirius Procyon Castor Pollux Alula Borealis, Alula Australis (yes, I know this is a weird one!) That's 26 stars that were in the sky at 11 p.m. at my latitude. I include.... Alnitak Alnilam Mintaka Alioth Alkaid Mizar Alcor (not Al Gore) Dubhe Merek Alcyone Deneb Scheat Markab Mirfak Fomalhaut Mira (when I can see it) Hamal etc. I don't know... I guess I got in the habit of seeing how many things I could identify by a valid astronomical name when going out for walks under skys with broken clouds... and mentally I wouldn't count them if I couldn't put a name to them.
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#7
January 16th 04, 02:39 PM
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"Michael A. Covington" wrote:
"Sam Wormley" wrote in message ... Sam Wormley wrote: " wrote: If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50 I include planets and visible Messier objects in my counts. OK, I went out and checked. Not including planets or M-objects, but including some stars that I can name only by Bayer letter, I came up with the following: Alpheratz Gamma Andr. Beta, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Iota Cass. Alpha Per. Algol Polaris Kochab Aldebaran Merope Capella Beta Tauri Rigel Betelgeuse Sigma Ori. Theta Ori. Sirius Procyon Castor Pollux Alula Borealis, Alula Australis (yes, I know this is a weird one!) That's 26 stars that were in the sky at 11 p.m. at my latitude. I include.... Alnitak Alnilam Mintaka Alioth Alkaid Mizar Alcor (not Al Gore) Dubhe Merek Alcyone Deneb Scheat Markab Mirfak Fomalhaut Mira (when I can see it) Hamal etc. I don't know... I guess I got in the habit of seeing how many things I could identify by a valid astronomical name when going out for walks under skys with broken clouds... and mentally I wouldn't count them if I couldn't put a name to them.
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#8
January 16th 04, 02:39 PM
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"Michael A. Covington" wrote:
"Sam Wormley" wrote in message ... Sam Wormley wrote: " wrote: If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50 I include planets and visible Messier objects in my counts. OK, I went out and checked. Not including planets or M-objects, but including some stars that I can name only by Bayer letter, I came up with the following: Alpheratz Gamma Andr. Beta, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Iota Cass. Alpha Per. Algol Polaris Kochab Aldebaran Merope Capella Beta Tauri Rigel Betelgeuse Sigma Ori. Theta Ori. Sirius Procyon Castor Pollux Alula Borealis, Alula Australis (yes, I know this is a weird one!) That's 26 stars that were in the sky at 11 p.m. at my latitude. I include.... Alnitak Alnilam Mintaka Alioth Alkaid Mizar Alcor (not Al Gore) Dubhe Merek Alcyone Deneb Scheat Markab Mirfak Fomalhaut Mira (when I can see it) Hamal etc. I don't know... I guess I got in the habit of seeing how many things I could identify by a valid astronomical name when going out for walks under skys with broken clouds... and mentally I wouldn't count them if I couldn't put a name to them.
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#9
January 16th 04, 02:24 PM
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"Sam Wormley" wrote in message ... Sam Wormley wrote: " wrote: If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50 I include planets and visible Messier objects in my counts. OK, I went out and checked. Not including planets or M-objects, but including some stars that I can name only by Bayer letter, I came up with the following: Alpheratz Gamma Andr. Beta, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Iota Cass. Alpha Per. Algol Polaris Kochab Aldebaran Merope Capella Beta Tauri Rigel Betelgeuse Sigma Ori. Theta Ori. Sirius Procyon Castor Pollux Alula Borealis, Alula Australis (yes, I know this is a weird one!) That's 26 stars that were in the sky at 11 p.m. at my latitude.
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#10
January 16th 04, 02:24 PM
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Poll Question
"Sam Wormley" wrote in message ... Sam Wormley wrote: " wrote: If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name without a chart, strictly from memory? 40-50 I include planets and visible Messier objects in my counts. OK, I went out and checked. Not including planets or M-objects, but including some stars that I can name only by Bayer letter, I came up with the following: Alpheratz Gamma Andr. Beta, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Iota Cass. Alpha Per. Algol Polaris Kochab Aldebaran Merope Capella Beta Tauri Rigel Betelgeuse Sigma Ori. Theta Ori. Sirius Procyon Castor Pollux Alula Borealis, Alula Australis (yes, I know this is a weird one!) That's 26 stars that were in the sky at 11 p.m. at my latitude.
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