Important Skywatching Update

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Last night I found Castor and Pollux! This ups my individual-star-findability to Sirius, Regulus, Polaris, Castor, and Pollux! I also added some more constellations to the list, though I can't name the other individual stars in them yet. Progress!

Comments

[beccastareyes]

Yay!

[van.livejournal.com]

Add Betelgeuse. It's the easiest star in the frickin' sky to find--it's the really bright orange one in Orion's head. :D Srsly just go outside, find Orion's belt and look above the belt and find the bright orange star. Easy!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

It will have to wait till tomorrow night. I think the sky is clear, but after the epic raccoon vs. skunk battle this evening in our yard I don't really want to go outside.

Emily again

[(Anonymous)]

Neat! I think I might have to take up this similar hobby over the summer. LaPine has fantastic sky when it's not cloudy. I only know how to identify Orion and the Big Dipper. I'm surprised Utah is having clear sky after your thundersnow outbreak.

Have you ever heard of Stellarium? I think you'll find it really cool. I downloaded it once, but I never used it so I deleted it. It was a fantastic program for displaying the stars in your area, labeling the visible stars, and labeling the constellations. You can disable the little phony horizon so you can see what stars are visible on the opposite side of the world, too.

http://www.stellarium.org/


How is your cousin doing? You haven't updated on his head injury from what I've seen. I hope he's okay.