Starship Asterisk*

[quote="rj rl" post_id=307435 time=1603279056 user_id=141155]
Oh, not where I looked for it at all :lol2:
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Northern hemisphere images of the Milky Way are almost always taken facing south, not north.

[quote="rj rl" post_id=307435 time=1603279056 user_id=141155]
Oh, not where I looked for it at all :lol2:
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Yeah, I was also clueless. After Ann pointed it out, I think i found Polaris and The Little Dipper with a little help from https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/569d1bf84bf118627e7d0e1b/1453393456571-EUWE77BC6JB92LNPVTV9/?format=1000w&content-type=image%2Fjpeg, but I could be wrong:

[attachment=1]Big and Litter Dipper and More.JPG[/attachment]
[attachment=0]Big and Little Dippers.png[/attachment]

Oh, not where I looked for it at all :lol2:

I'll start adding to the list of famous objects visible in the picture with .... The Milky Way!

[quote="rj rl" post_id=307427 time=1603260956 user_id=141155]
So where's the Big Dipper?
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[float=right][attachment=0]Milky Way Big Dipper and arrow.png[/attachment]
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There is the Big Dipper.

Ann

So where's the Big Dipper?

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201021.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_201021.jpg[/img] [size=150]A Night Sky Vista from Sardinia[/size][/url]

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