RE: [Sndbox] Birthday Stars

[Angela]

Your birthday star: Your birthday star is in the constellation Ara. It is called 41 Arae in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1719-4638 A in the NStars database. It has visual magnitude 5.47 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox): Right ascension   17:19:3.8 Declination -46:38:10.5 This star is 28.6 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.   Angela   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Charles Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 7:59 PM To: 'The Sandbox Discussion List' Subject: [Sndbox] Birthday Stars Birthday Stars Tell the Birthday Stars computer when you were born, and it will look for a star that is your age in light years away from Earth. Click Here   Charles Mims http://www.the-sandbox.org

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