This lovely celestial view is surely a familiar one to winter skygazers [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the northern hemisphere. Lights silhouetting the trees are from nearby towns Morganton and Rutherford College, North Carolina [ http://www.nps.gov/…], USA. But the scene may also look familiar to attentive fans of the movie Cold Mountain, whose fictional characters discuss this same factual starry sky [ http://www.davidcor…]. Sporting belt [ http://www.gb.nrao.…OrionTourCenter/belt .html ] and sword, Orion the hunter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is an easily identifiable constellation [ http://kids.msfc.na…Connect.asp ] above center. Above and to his right lies a V-shaped arrangement of stars in the Hyades star cluster anchored by bright Aldebaran [ http://www.astro.ui…]. Below and at the left of the hunter are his dogs Canis Major [ http://www.hawastso…] and Canis Minor [ http://www.dibonsmi…], and their respective alpha stars Sirius [ http://www.astro.ui…] and Procyon [ http://www.astro.ui…]. Need a program to follow the stars? Just put your cursor over the Cold Mountain Sky.
Explanation
This lovely celestial view is surely a familiar one to winter skygazers [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the northern hemisphere. Lights silhouetting the trees are from nearby towns Morganton and Rutherford College, North Carolina [ http://www.nps.gov/…], USA. But the scene may also look familiar to attentive fans of the movie Cold Mountain, whose fictional characters discuss this same factual starry sky [ http://www.davidcor…]. Sporting belt [ http://www.gb.nrao.…OrionTourCenter/belt .html ] and sword, Orion the hunter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is an easily identifiable constellation [ http://kids.msfc.na…Connect.asp ] above center. Above and to his right lies a V-shaped arrangement of stars in the Hyades star cluster anchored by bright Aldebaran [ http://www.astro.ui…]. Below and at the left of the hunter are his dogs Canis Major [ http://www.hawastso…] and Canis Minor [ http://www.dibonsmi…], and their respective alpha stars Sirius [ http://www.astro.ui…] and Procyon [ http://www.astro.ui…]. Need a program to follow the stars? Just put your cursor over the Cold Mountain Sky.
Explanation
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David Cortner [ mailto:davidcortner@ pobox.com.nospam ]
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David Cortner [ mailto:davidcortner@ pobox.com.nospam ]
