The stars in their multitudes...

[shadowravyn]

On the way to the Brzquishski's last night to watch the Leonids, shogunhb was remarking that he couldn't see the 'W' that represented Cassiopeia. Being as I'd never seen Cassiopeia or knew what the constellation looked like, I then said that I wasn't sure what the ancients (damn you, mesmerising, I nearly wrote that with a capital 'A') were smoking, because I couldn'

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[charmed1ofdoom]

I have come to think of Orion more of a butterfly shape than a man.

[rgfgompei]

When I was younger my family used to rent a cabin for a week each summer on a lake in NH. From there I could see the milky way. And from the middle of the lake there are no trees to block the view. Then for years I had no good place to see stars (Albuquerque is worse than Worcester, a lot worse) until I started camping with the SCA. My first camping event I kept wandering away from the tavern at night to spin around under the stars singing *I can see the milky way* because I was so excited. Sometimes I find it easier to see some of the basic constellations when there is some sky glow though, otherwise there are so many stars its hard to pick out the major ones.

[ktpinto]

Silly! It's not a 'W'! It's an 'M' representing Cassiopeia. It's supposed to be her crown.

I loved astronomy until I took it in college. All that scholarly information took away the fun of seeing pictures in the sky.