Annual Farewell
April 21st, 2009

Annual Farewell

The Hunter

Orion’s my favorite constellation, mostly because it’s so distinctive and bright that it’s the only one I can find. When it disappears for the summer, it bums me out. That’s prime stargazing time!

Orion actually has more stars that this (that make up a club, and some kind of shield I think). It’s probably completely the wrong angle to the horizon, among other inaccuracies, but I never said I was an astronomer.

Fun Facts!

Most constellation maps vary by culture, but the stars in Orion are recognized as a constellation almost universally. Native Americans saw the belt as the footprints of the god of the flea people, and Egyptians associated it with Osiris, god of the underworld. In the Southern Hemisphere (yes, he is so awesome that they can see him down there too) the constellation appears upside down from what we see in the Northern Hemisphere. Aboriginal Australians called it Julpan, the canoe.

/Thronos


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  1. Jamesoven says:

    Agreed it is the only one i can ever find as well

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