the constellation ORION is in the wrong place!

Sadly dear there are people here who believe things just like that. Even simple astronomy facts I learned in grade school excape them.

Loughner is that you? When did you get out of the pokey?

lol Now you know that I know this,as I know you know this :)

Actually, I'm noticing the same thing. Orion is essentially flipped in the sky. Imagine using the horizontal flip feature on an image in Photoshop (best way to explain it).

I have NEVER seen it like this. WTF... will be looking out for more info. on this.

That's odd because my star charts whether they are from the 1950's on 2008 show Orion just how it belongs in the sky.

I love it when you talk star talk

Tell me some more.

I'm talking from personal experience from looking up at the stars for the past 2 years.

I've got a Cassegram telescope with auto tracking, positional data updated only 3 months ago, and Betelgeuse is off by almost 1 full degree from the where the telescope is pointing. Software adjusts for procession and orbital position, lat and long.

I was just about to log on and post this exact same thing!
Here goes --

The other night when everyone was talking about their compasses being all wonky, I went out to look at the stars. I stood in my driveway and peered up at Orion. It was between 10:30 and 10:45 pm. My driveway was poured as four separate slabs so I made sure to stand in the upper left quadrant, right next to the 'axis'. Orion was STRAIGHT ABOVE me -- I had to lean my head all the way back to look at it.

Tonight I went out to look at Orion again as I have several nights over the past few weeks. Tonight I looked up and it is about 25 or 30 degrees 'closer' to the horizon, same direction, but not as high up. I didn't have to 'crane' my neck in otherwords.

I love looking at the stars but I am not an expert - not even close. Two nights ago it was still straight up.

Is this change normal?

Ominous(Hollywood)DOOMMM! hehehe

Last Edited by Prjt. Phoenix on 01/13/2011 11:50 PM

Mud hut!

The sun over Greenland has risen two days early, baffling scientists and sparking fears that Arctic icecaps are melting faster than previously thought.

Experts say the summer sun should have risen over the Archtic nation's most westerly town, Ilulissat, today.
But for the first time in history they say it began creeping over the horizon at around 1pm last Tuesday.


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I'm talking about the study of astronomy since I was eight years old and personal observation over my lifetime.

Yeppers the Mud Hut Mentality strikes again!

last night i watched orion come up...and it appeared to be further to the north. i see it every clear night. i got up at midnight to have a look, and it was overcast...

it seriously looked different to me last night...

to the top

Strawberry girl, What's your latitude? I am at 60 north and he is way off course!

latitude/longitude OKC: 35° 28' 3" N / 97° 30'

[link to www.google.fr]

Whats your location?

I knew that but didnt know it would go so far south, it rises in the south east, is that right? and when will it start working its way back east? I hope soon , its still dark at 630 here.

Be your own astronomer.

Trust your heart and look no further.

Its already slowly making its way back.

Its already slowly making its way back. and forgot to add..

March 20th, is when it passes the equator line...
Next month it will be halfway there..

Correct. It's exactly where it should be. It's amazing how many haven't the first clue about observational astronomy.

I'm afraid that you're correct.

It is furhter south, that's true -- but it sure seems to be moving that way *fast* .

Couldn't see it at all tonight --- sky was completely obscured by thick clouds.

I have to say, because i experience these things and then two days later they are posted here when i think they are trivial, but the other night i looked up and saw a constellation i thought was weird, as in i never noticed it before. Don't ask me about it, i don't know, i just think collective consciousness may be leaking into the conscious states.