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Originally Posted by barx1963
Love the story Frank. Nice to know there are people still able to navigate by the stars.
One minor point, Rigel Kent, also known as Alpha Centauri, along with Beta Centauri (Hadar) are actually in Centaurus, not Crux (the Southern Cross). Sorry to be pedantic! 
Splitting Alpha Cent was one of the first things I did with a scope and it was a magic feeling to see 2 blazing suns.
Malcolm |
Hi Malcolm,
You are absolutely correct sir. I have always avoided it (in the last 2 or 3 years that I have had a scope), but you are described it perfectly - the 2 blazing suns.....of which, does anyone know when they are likely to crash into one another and light the night sky up a little - I hope not in my life time..... they most probably won't for another few billion I suppose?