At 04:01 PM 4/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Good job, Jane! You get a gold star named after you. 8^)
Forget the gold star. I'd rather have a Foster's. :)
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>From: "Jane SMith" <jesmith@No-Spam>
>To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
>Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 3:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [TAC] Astro Quiz, part 2
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>> At 03:36 PM 4/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Well, since I won the last one, I suppose it's only fitting that I post
>the
>> >next quiz. How about this?
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>> >Which modern-day constellation contains a majority of the stars found in
>> >what the ancient Chinese called The Sandal? What was the significance of
>> >this constellation?
>>
>> For those of us at work and without our reference books, our only choice
>is
>> to hit the internet. Here's what I came up with from "ANDROMEDA, LADY OF
>> FALL" by Brian Mason.
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>> "The Western constellation of Andromeda also shares its stars
>> with the more complex Chinese constellations Koui-siou (the House of
>> the Sandal), Kiun-nan-mun (the Southern Camp Gate), and
>> T'ien-Ta-Tsiang- Kiun (the Great Celestial General). All of these
>> are part of Pe-Hou, the White Tiger of Autumn. Koui-siou steps
>> across the center of Andromeda, then across the galaxy Andromeda
>> (Messier 31, or M31), and finally the star Mirach. The appearance
>> of this asterism indicated both the time of the harvest and the need
>> to make footwear. Kiun-nan-mun is near the star Adhil at the right
>> foot of Andromeda. Kiun-nan-mun, along with many other asterisms of
>> this part of the White Tiger, is associated with the end of summer
>> festivals. T'ien-Ta-Tsiang-Kiun is near the star Almech at the left
>> foot of Andromeda. Gamma Andromeda represented the Great Celestial
>> General, while surrounding stars represented his officers."
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