For comparison purposes, the most famous triangle in the North is not
Triangulum, but rather the Summer Triangle. Although if you were to
award a prize for the brightest stars, the Southern Sky would presumably
win that too, with Serius and Alpha Centaurus and Canopis leading the pack.
But be honest. When you look at Corvus upside-down, does it still look
like a crow?!
Maybe when we rotate around to the other side of the galaxy, we'll be
able to see some better stuff.
>From: Bob Jardine ^lt;rljtac_at_yahoo.com>
>Date: Sat Apr 16 2005 - 22:06:46 MST
>On the other hand, the South does win one more category, in my book,
>perhaps the most important of all. If there is any justice, any truth,
>any beauty in the universe, then there has to be a "Best Triangle".
>And the award would have to go to: Triangulum Australis. Visually an
>almost perfect isosceles and nearly an equilateral, all three stars are
>quite bright (mags 1.9, 2.8, 2.8), really prominent (well separated
>from others), no other bright stars cluttering up the outline. What
>more can you ask for in a triangle? Beats our pathetic, dim (but
>nicely-shaped) triangle hands-down.
Received on Sun Apr 17 08:33:18 2005