Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:41 am
by Tsukalos
Contrived asterism is contrived.
But it is it a pretty picture with a small Gandalf in front conjuring some cheap tricks over the water.
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:46 am
by mfavret
I'm french and I hope that you will excuse my poor English.
When I learned the winter sky, many years ago, my astronomers friends teached me another asterism including ALL the brightest stars of this part of the sky, including the Orion's "shoulders" Bellatrix and Betelgeuse.
This is the "big G" of winter : starting with Aldebaran, then Capella and it's neighbour Menkalinan (Bet Aur, that's produce a more "round" shape), Castor and Pollux, Procyon and Sirius, Rigel, and last the right line of the "G" formed with Bellatrix and Betelgeuse.
You can see it on the simple sky map included my "the monthly sky" (Le ciel du mois), the most visited page of my professionnal web site (I teach the sky in schools with an inflatable planetarium as you can read in the others pages -in French, sorry-) :
I don't know if it's a specific way to draw the winter sky in France or Europe ?!?
Michel FAVRET
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:09 am
by Boomer12k
I see 7 sides, and angles, though the one is very short... a heptagon... a 7 sided Polygon...
Or is it just me and the short piece, lower left, is not counted?
Hope to have some clear but cold weather...
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Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:13 am
by Ann
Tsukalos, I tried to spot Gandalf, but I think I failed!
And Michel Favret, I like your G, but I'm sorry to see you missed the Pleiades!
Ann
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:39 am
by Holger Nielsen
"Gandalf" is standing at the bottom centre of the picture with his back to the viewer...
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:30 am
by ta152h0
I like this. Some Sirius imaging
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:42 am
by heehaw
Ah, how I remember back when, long ago, as a young boy, I looked out of my window: and suddenly realized that I was actually SEEING what was in my book: I pronounced it "Ory - On!"
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:23 pm
by Guest
Ann wrote:Tsukalos, I tried to spot Gandalf, but I think I failed!
And Michel Favret, I like your G, but I'm sorry to see you missed the Pleiades!
Ann
I don't see Gandalf as well; either not enough imagination or not enough beer. But I do see what looks like a 'red' emission nebula just to the right of center that looks like a giant tadpole in space. Maybe multiples that kind of line up just right?
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:01 pm
by Chris Peterson
Ann wrote:Tsukalos, I tried to spot Gandalf, but I think I failed!
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:49 pm
by Ann
Thanks, Chris!
And welcome, Holger! (Well, it's your second post, not your first, but still...)
You're a Dane, like Chris, aren't you?
Ann
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:52 pm
by bystander
Boomer12k wrote:I see 7 sides, and angles, though the one is very short... a heptagon... a 7 sided Polygon...
Or is it just me and the short piece, lower left, is not counted?
Castor should not be included in the Winter Hexagon. The segment should go directly from Capella to Pollux.
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:20 pm
by neufer
bystander wrote:
Castor should not be included in the Winter Hexagon. The segment should go directly from Capella to Pollux.
Mortals get no respect.
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable?
Quite easily, I should think.
All nonsense questions are unanswerable. - C. S. Lewis
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:01 pm
by ta152h0
mere mortals even less, and I am being Sirius here
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:01 am
by saturno2
Beautiful Image
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:24 am
by MarkBour
neufer wrote:
bystander wrote:
Castor should not be included in the Winter Hexagon. The segment should go directly from Capella to Pollux.
Mortals get no respect.
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable?
Quite easily, I should think.
All nonsense questions are unanswerable. - C. S. Lewis
Okay, Clive, but in that case "unanswerable" is made unsatisfyingly fuzzy.
Re: APOD: Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir (2017 Jan 23)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 8:00 pm
by neufer
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
MarkBour wrote:
neufer wrote:
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable?
Quite easily, I should think.
All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
- Clive Staples Lewis
Okay, Clive, but in that case "unanswerable"
is made unsatisfyingly fuzzy.
Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir
