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To: SunkenCiv

Orion is visible off to the left. How come they can see Orion from Chile but I can’t see the Clouds of Magellan from Pennsylvania? Maybe it’s their altitude.


3 posted on 04/21/2012 7:42:09 AM PDT by Batrachian
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To: Batrachian

As I recall, the center star of Orion’s belt is just about on the celestial equator, so you should be able to see Orion pretty far to the north or south


7 posted on 04/21/2012 7:53:56 AM PDT by Sigurdrifta
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To: Batrachian; Sigurdrifta

Most of the landmasses of Earth (that is, not covered with water) are above the equator, making this installation almost ideally located.


13 posted on 04/21/2012 8:25:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Batrachian

Having been out in the Atacama late at night, Orion is much bigger and clearer than we see up here and the night sky in general is the closet you could come on land to a time before the invention of electric lights.


14 posted on 04/21/2012 9:14:26 AM PDT by X-spurt (Its time for ON YOUR FEET or on your knees)
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