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AJTony
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Reged: 04/17/04
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Loc: Hamilton Square, NJ
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Carol's Smiley Face? Auriga Asterism
12/09/04 09:38 PM
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After reading Carol's 22 X 100 report in this forum last month, I went outside to check out the smiley face in Auriga. Quite obvious, and it is now on my list of fun asterisms to point out.
Now, the rest of the story: I assumed that this was a well known asterism, and Carol was just revisiting it, so I did a Google search for the asterism, and surprise, except for CN forum/Carol, no hits at all!
Today, I casually asked a local astronomer(involved with a Central NJ observatory) about the Auriga smiley face, and he was amazed, since he was well aware of the area around M36 and M38, but never heard of the asterism.
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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