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Old 06-11-2008, 10:58 AM
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jungle11 (Greg)
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Gee....sorry fellas...here's hoping this saving electricity thing catches on and they start turning off the city lights at night...

About 2 weeks ago i lent a australian 2007 astronomy book from the library and printed out the skymaps inside (one for each season), then i positioned the spring maps together looking south, and i cant make sense of what i see...
For one, the magellanic clouds are shown on the right hand side of the milky way on the map, but looking south they are to the left unless im seeing things...
Two, the LMC is positioned on the other side of the south celestial pole at this time of the year on the map, and yet i can see both satellites reasonably low in the southern sky!
Know what you're thinkin...bloody airhead....

help appreciated..
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