• Question: Mark, do you not get confused with all the different stars. I only know the Big Dipper, you must have photographic memory.

    Asked by 424xygg26 to Mark on 10 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Mark Kennedy

      Mark Kennedy answered on 10 Nov 2016:

      Oh I get confused by the different stars and constellations all of the time! If you asked me to point out some in the sky, I could only reliable point out Orion and the Big Dipper, and also Polaris (the North Star).

      Thankfully, the internet has wonderful databases full of star names, locations, and constellations so I can look them up if I ever need them.

      Here’s the site I normally use: http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/

      If you click basic query and type in FO Aqr, it’ll show you the object I’m currently working on 🙂

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