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Back on 5 Feb, I wrote to Navlist as follows-

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Frank sent the attachment -
"stonehenge.stars.markedup.jpg" (included again here) with the comment
"For what it's worth."

And indeed, it's worth a good deal. I had been puzzling about how to create
something like that, and Frank has kindly offered it up on a plate.

I plan to email it to the Guardian, together with an attachment "northern
sky view.gif", which superimposes my rough sketch of the Stonehenge picture
on to a map of northern stars (from the almanac).

Thanks to Frank, for filling in that picture; to Dave, whose identification
of Vega, and other stars including Deneb, provided the key for unlocking
the puzzle; and to Patrick, for identifying the sarsen stones.

If anything comes of it, such as a further published correction, I will
inform the list.

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Today, the Guardian published a full response; rather more than I had asked
for, or expected.  It's at-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/14/problems-photos-heavens-flipping-hell?INTCMP=SRCH

George

contact George Huxtable, at  george@hux.me.uk
or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.

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