Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Orion

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Orion or The Hunter is our summer constellation. It is barely visible in the eastern sky in October and disappears in the western sky in April. Orion is oriented differently in Australia than in the US. In the US the major stars in the center of the constellation are referred to as the belt and sword. In Australia those same stars are thought of as the saucepan.
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