Too busy, so in lieu of a proper post I offer this. It's a program that figures out your "Birthday Star," a star that is as far away in light-years as your present age. Here's mine:
Your birthday star is in the constellation Corvus. It has the name (Alpha) Corvi in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 1 Corvi in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1208-2443 in the NStars database.
Isn't that special?
Comments (2)
09/23/2004 04:52:46 PM
So, does it work for newborns?
Posted by King of Fools | November 22, 2008 3:46 PM
Posted on November 22, 2008 15:46
09/23/2004 09:45:51 PM
Sure, for eight-and-a-half-minute-year-olds. (Is it just me, or does that construction seem somewhat awkward?) The Sun is their first Birthday star, followed by Alpha Centauri at 4.3 years.
It picks up after that.
Posted by gnotalex | November 22, 2008 3:48 PM
Posted on November 22, 2008 15:48