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Old 31-05-2021, 12:01 PM
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Does it bother you that the constellations don't represent their namesakes?

It does me, anyway. That's how I found out about this person called H.A Rey who wrote a book in 1952 called 'The Stars: a new way to see them'. In it, s/he redraws the constellations to be more representative of the things they supposedly represent. You can see some examples here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_St...ay_to_See_Them


In further good news, some kind soul has created a file that you can use in Cartes Du Ciel (not sure about other programs) to plot the constellations using the Rey system instead.


You'll find it by going to Configuration/Display/Lines/Constellation Figures. nder constellation figures file name, click on the box to browse to data/constellation/ReyConstL.cln.


You're welcome (and apologies to the Ancient Greeks).


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