Re: Navigation by the stars and the Perseids

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:19:50 GMT, richardcasady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:06:19 -0500, William Hamblen
<wrhamblen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Didn't teach it that way in my day in elementary school ('50s).
Capella is the brightest star in the northern sky.

What about Vega and Arcturus? Both are brighter.
Magnitude of Capella is .05. Vega is .04. Arcturus is -.05.
I cheated: I looked it up. "Dynamic Universe", Theodore Snow, my
college text.

Casady

Capella is the most northerly bright star.

Bud
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The night is just the shadow of the Earth.
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