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  #21  
Old January 15th 04, 08:31 PM
David Knisely
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ultralightbackpacker posted:

If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name
without a chart, strictly from memory?


Oh, probably somewhere between 25 and 30. It depends a little on the time of
year, although winter seems to have more the the brighter ones visible. Clear
skies to you.

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Old January 15th 04, 09:30 PM
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memory? what's that" What's the question?


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Old January 15th 04, 09:30 PM
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memory? what's that" What's the question?


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But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
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Old January 15th 04, 09:30 PM
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memory? what's that" What's the question?


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towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

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Old January 15th 04, 09:30 PM
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memory? what's that" What's the question?


--
"In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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Old January 15th 04, 10:18 PM
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less than I could under a 4.5 sky -- I did this for a night in New Hampshire
and I was so lost -- it was not funny -- I cannot find my way under such
conditions.
"Brian Tung" wrote in message
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ultralightbackpacker wrote:
If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name
without a chart, strictly from memory?


Lots: Joe, Fred, Mary, Tom, Liz, Harold, etc.

Oh, the usual conventional names. Well, if you mean the proper names,
I doubt that dark skies matter. With the exception of the deeply
variable Mira-types, the stars with proper names all are bright enough
to see under indifferent skies. (Maybe not inner urban skies, though.)

My guess is that I could pick off perhaps 50 to 100 proper names, given
enough time. If you let me use Bayer letters and Flamsteed numbers,
probably several times that many. But I've got a fairly deep interest
in star names, so I'm probably not typical.

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Old January 15th 04, 10:18 PM
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less than I could under a 4.5 sky -- I did this for a night in New Hampshire
and I was so lost -- it was not funny -- I cannot find my way under such
conditions.
"Brian Tung" wrote in message
...
ultralightbackpacker wrote:
If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name
without a chart, strictly from memory?


Lots: Joe, Fred, Mary, Tom, Liz, Harold, etc.

Oh, the usual conventional names. Well, if you mean the proper names,
I doubt that dark skies matter. With the exception of the deeply
variable Mira-types, the stars with proper names all are bright enough
to see under indifferent skies. (Maybe not inner urban skies, though.)

My guess is that I could pick off perhaps 50 to 100 proper names, given
enough time. If you let me use Bayer letters and Flamsteed numbers,
probably several times that many. But I've got a fairly deep interest
in star names, so I'm probably not typical.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt



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Old January 15th 04, 10:18 PM
halfro
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less than I could under a 4.5 sky -- I did this for a night in New Hampshire
and I was so lost -- it was not funny -- I cannot find my way under such
conditions.
"Brian Tung" wrote in message
...
ultralightbackpacker wrote:
If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name
without a chart, strictly from memory?


Lots: Joe, Fred, Mary, Tom, Liz, Harold, etc.

Oh, the usual conventional names. Well, if you mean the proper names,
I doubt that dark skies matter. With the exception of the deeply
variable Mira-types, the stars with proper names all are bright enough
to see under indifferent skies. (Maybe not inner urban skies, though.)

My guess is that I could pick off perhaps 50 to 100 proper names, given
enough time. If you let me use Bayer letters and Flamsteed numbers,
probably several times that many. But I've got a fairly deep interest
in star names, so I'm probably not typical.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt



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Old January 15th 04, 10:18 PM
halfro
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less than I could under a 4.5 sky -- I did this for a night in New Hampshire
and I was so lost -- it was not funny -- I cannot find my way under such
conditions.
"Brian Tung" wrote in message
...
ultralightbackpacker wrote:
If you had mag 6.5+ skies tonight. How many stars could you name
without a chart, strictly from memory?


Lots: Joe, Fred, Mary, Tom, Liz, Harold, etc.

Oh, the usual conventional names. Well, if you mean the proper names,
I doubt that dark skies matter. With the exception of the deeply
variable Mira-types, the stars with proper names all are bright enough
to see under indifferent skies. (Maybe not inner urban skies, though.)

My guess is that I could pick off perhaps 50 to 100 proper names, given
enough time. If you let me use Bayer letters and Flamsteed numbers,
probably several times that many. But I've got a fairly deep interest
in star names, so I'm probably not typical.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt



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Old January 15th 04, 11:21 PM
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