Betelgeuse Fades More

Re:Betelgeuse Fades More by jameshart on Saturday December 21, 2019 @05:05PM (#21853611)

Confused me to read "Betelgeuse is the bright red star below the "saucepan" of Orion." - Orion doesn't have a 'saucepan', he has a sword, and Betelgeuse is at the top of.. oh, wait a minute...

Went back to check. Yup, this blogger is in Australia.

Just something to keep in mind if you're following his observation tips :)

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Re:Betelgeuse Fades More by WizardAustralis on Saturday December 21, 2019 @06:31PM (#21853964)

I will consider this pay back for all the astronomy information I read through only to realize they are talking North Hemisphere.

When I got my telescope (Equatorial Reflector) the first thing the manual talks about is "Find the North Star" - Good luck doing that at 47 degrees South Latitude.

Will have to take a gander tonight and see what Betelgeuse is up to.

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Re:Betelgeuse Fades More by dr_zoidberg on Sunday December 22, 2019 @08:25AM (#21856999)

As another southern hemisphere dweller, I feel you. It's incredible what an impressive amount of astronomical information is only availabe with a northern hemisphere point of view, and it's down on us to take care of "translating" it to our location. Even more so when you consider the huge telescopes that have been/are being built in Chile by Europe.

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Re:Betelgeuse Fades More by WizardAustralis on Friday December 27, 2019 @12:26AM (#21889430)

I chose to think we have the exclusive view of the south that the north misses out on. ;)

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