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Old 07-11-2012, 12:43 PM
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The stars are a very good example of random patterns. Even the things we identify like the southern cross are dodgy shapes. The southern cross is a pretty warped cross. It I asked a carpenter to build me a cross and it came back the shape in the stars I think I would be looking for another carpenter.
Orions belt is not very straight and there are almost no other straight lines of 3 or more naked eye stars. Real shapes are not there, just random patterns.
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