Canopus star

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Last edited Sat Oct 15, 2022, 03:09 AM - Edit history (1)

I finally figured out what the bright star in the southern horizon is. Canopus of course.

Orion is in the southern sky, then Sirius is down and left. Canopus is even lower.

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Canopus is second.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopus

Northerners in the US will be unable to see it. Similarly, most European astronomers and some Islamic scholars of the Middle Ages were unaware of it. Egypt was aware and societies to the south.

Next, I hope to figure out a row of 4 stars directly overhead. (My latitude is equivalent to Tampa.)

EDIT: see the Sky link below by progree and me after that. < - - - -