[sac-forum] Re: Mini-Orion Asterism in SAC Database
- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:02:17 -0700
I cannot embed two JPEGs into my reply.
But at the SAC position, using a 40' x 40' FOV from the Digitized Sky Survey, I
find what could be construed to be a mini-Orion (but you have to stretch the
imagination). At the MixLab site position, I can pick out the form he shows on
his print, but it is not at all obvious. The SAC position is much more
Orion-like.
If you'd like a copy of these images, please email me off list
(rharshaw2@xxxxxxx).
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, Arizona
Brilliant Sky Observatory
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Subject: [sac-forum] Mini-Orion Asterism in SAC Database
An EVAC member recently asked me about an asterism named "Mini-Orion" in SAC's
Asterism Database. The coordinates are given as 7h17.0m -21d24m. He noted
that several observers have not spotted the asterism at this position. Another
group has been discussing a mini-Orion at a different location. That
discussion is here: http://mixlab.observatory.cz/mac/?action=view&id=189
When I look at the field around the coordinates in the SAC database in
Megastar, I can't put together an Orion asterism, but I recognize that's not
the same as visually observing the field. Has anybody made a drawing of the
asterism, perhaps with a stick figure. Is there a chance that the coordinates
are erroneous?
Tom
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