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Bottom line, at the risk of being presumptuous, should we start to refer to the Auriga asterism as Carol's Smiley Face?

AJ

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Apparently there's already a "smiley face" asterism in the constellation of Cygnus. It's known as Vultus Irrisorie, or literally The Face with a Smile.

I came across it in on a list of little-known objects, some of which were quite familiar to me, and observed it with my 15x70s and Orion ShortTube 80, while I was at the Black Forest Star Party last week. I also had a look at Carol's asterim.

Dave Mitsky

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