constellations
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New App Points You Toward the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
If you want to stay grounded—which is to say, you want a haunting reminder of your own diminutive size and mortality—do I have the tool for you. Meet Galactic Compass: an app which will point the user towards the whopping black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*. As you read this article,…
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Amateur Astronomer Spots a Rare Visible Nova
A new nova, appearing in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, can be seen with binoculars and small telescopes, but this transient object won’t stick around for long. Here’s how you can spot Nova V1405 Cas before it’s too late.
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Teen May Have Discovered A Lost Maya City Using Ancient Star Maps
Using an unprecedented technique of matching stars to the locations of temples on Earth, a 15-year-old Canadian student says he’s discovered a forgotten Maya city in Mexico. Images from space suggest he may actually be onto something — but experts say it’s something much simpler.
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What Name Would You Give To A New Constellation?
Looking up at the sky is a bit like a real-world Rorschach Test. During the day, it’s possible to see pretty much anything in the clouds passing by: eight-legged pigs, creepy faces, middle fingers and a hell of a lot of peens. On clear nights, connecting the dots between the heavens can be fun; heck,…