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Hello Frank,

Ah !!! At last ! ...

After 3 or 4 "no joy" utterly frustrating (to say the least) attempts lately - ya know ... with all these relative star magnitudes flattened and evened out on modern screens ... - , this time and to my immense - and nice - surprise, I immediately made it: the Scorpion tail (including Antares on top) flashed onto my eyes left of the steeple.

Not stung luckily.

I immediately picked it up probably because my laptop screen was not optimally open this time - only 3/4 open - which must have made only the brightest stars to better single out.

And by the way, once again steeples are great to yield cues.

Assuming Mr Scorpion to be due south - which looks a reasonable starting point here when seen from the northern hemisphere - and with its southmost star somewhere around 20° over the local horizon, maximum Latitude cannot be much further north than about 40°N.

I would go for a country with the Latitude of Spain - or maybe south of France at the most - certainly not closer to the North Pole.

Forget Oxford and Cambridge.

Definitely.

Agree, Andrés ?

"J'ai bon ?" - a colloquial French expression so often heard in schools classes from young pupils to masters/mistresses and asking whether they have a "good" reply ...

Kermit

PS : To all CONUS inhabitants : enjoy the eclipse. I will be proceeding onto its starting point on my Flying Carpet and will follow its path for as long as it moves over North America.