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Canada: The 3-point constellation

March 13th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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This is a pretty cool map of the stars. The universe was renamed by AP Herbert back in 1944. The purpose of his good intention was that kids would learn the cosmos if it had names they could relate to. Bad idea. The navy issues its own book review: Reviewing Mr Herbert’s ...

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NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

December 25th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Today's picture was taken last week by Montreal photographer Wally Palcholka . The gorgeous night shot shows a brilliant Mars on the left, with a reddish star Betelgeuse in the center along with The Belt of Orion. The ET-like landscape is the Buttes of Monument Valley in southern Utah. NASA's gallery features ...

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