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Old 07-11-2012, 09:38 AM
FFoster6 (Australia)
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Originally Posted by Octane View Post
If you look at enough stars, you'll make out all sorts of shapes and what not.

A lot of them are referred to as asterisms. The Southern Cross is an asterism in itself.

In a few hundred (or thousand) years, the stars would have moved further apart (or closer) to each other, and the Southern Cross, as we know it today, will cease to exist.

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Hey thanks for your reply -
I'll be sad on that day... but depends on where I'll be viewing it (the SC) from, I guess... who knows what tomorrow may bring...
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