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Re: Earth, circles, stars...
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Apr 17, 08:54 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Apr 17, 08:54 -0700
Ah yes, good old Saint O'Phiuchus... first name Patrick. Ha ha.
There's one more official navigation star hiding near the lower edge of the image. Since this "sky" was generated by the background simulation in Google Earth, the easy way to reproduce it and find the navigation stars is to simulate in Stellarium with the navigation plugin activated. As we can see, Shaula makes the cut at the bottom. This is a section of the sky where the list of official navigation stars is a bit overloaded. Do we really need Nunki, Kaus Australis, and Shaula??
And Sabik, too?? That one is in-frame but it's behind the globe in the Google Earth view.
Frank Reed
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