What if you lived in Australia? - Page 733

**bloke57** · April 23rd, 2018, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by chris chunt

Turns out it is .
Australian night sky maps show it like this in this photo I've discovered .
I'd like to see that for real .

I suppose you can say that they are genuinely upside down in human terms - because the constellations were named in classical times before Australia was invented.

Orion the Hunter wouldn't have been much good this way up as all his arrows would have fallen out of his quiver. Wonder what the ancient Australians would have called him?

**Dr Pepper** · April 23rd, 2018, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bloke57

I suppose you can say that they are genuinely upside down in human terms - because the constellations were named in classical times before Australia was invented.

Orion the Hunter wouldn't have been much good this way up as all his arrows would have fallen out of his quiver. Wonder what the ancient Australians would have called him?

A vegetarian.....!

**bloke57** · April 23rd, 2018, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

A vegetarian.....!

Star jumping Quokka!

**Sir Honkers** · April 23rd, 2018, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bloke57

Star jumping Quokka!

Actually it's a drop bear. Authorities are still searching for the British tourist who took the photo.

**chris chunt** · April 24th, 2018, 12:43 AM

They call it the saucepan apparently ?

**Dr Pepper** · April 24th, 2018, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by chris chunt

They call it the saucepan apparently ?

I can remember as a kid my father pointing out a constellation he named as 'The Pot'.....so you might just have a point there...

**Arturo2nd** · April 24th, 2018, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bloke57

I suppose you can say that they are genuinely upside down in human terms - because the constellations were named in classical times before Australia was invented.

You ought to find out the names the Aboriginal peoples of Australia had for these constellations and begin using them Down Under. Why should you be slaves to Greek mythology? Your Native names are much older.

**Tmee2020** · April 24th, 2018, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by chris chunt

They call it the saucepan apparently ?

Yes, I do remember that.

**trailmaster** · April 24th, 2018, 11:58 AM

Have you ever wondered what constellation our own Sun(Sol) is in if you were in deep space. Astonomers reseached this and found that if one were in deep space light years from Earth and looked for our sun(Sol) it would be in the southern hemisphere constellation called: Ophiuchus which in Greek means "serpent-bearer" Here is a photo of this constellation.

Estreeter · April 24th, 2018, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

Have you ever wondered

No

April 24th, 2018, 12:43 AM	#7325
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trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,934 Thanks: 1,329,476 Thanked 707,612 Times in 60,108 Posts	Have you ever wondered what constellation our own Sun(Sol) is in if you were in deep space. Astonomers reseached this and found that if one were in deep space light years from Earth and looked for our sun(Sol) it would be in the southern hemisphere constellation called: Ophiuchus which in Greek means "serpent-bearer" Here is a photo of this constellation.