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Re: Constellation names
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2003 Nov 2, 13:21 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2003 Nov 2, 13:21 -0500
George, I think "private" arrangements, such as your brother-in-law Peter's renaming of Orion to the "Shopping-Trolley," would be highly effective in involving kids and helping them remember constellation names, in the hands of a good teacher. Fred Hebard On Nov 2, 2003, at 5:16 AM, George Huxtable wrote: > > Thank you, Sharon, for a really useful comment. > > We expect to see, and to recognise, our circumpolar stars any way up, > but > for those constellations nearer the equator, such as Orion, their > orientation doesn't alter much. Being on the Equator, Orion is just as > visible from New Zealand, and Peter explains an additional problem for > them > there. Seen from the South, Orion is always upside-down, and Peter > points > out that it's hard to respect, as a great warrior, someone who is > always > standing on his head. As a private arrangement between him and his > class, > then, they have renamed Orion "the Shopping-Trolley".