[TML] An odd Idea

[Timothy Little]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 08:56:45AM -0400, Jerry W Barrington wrote:
> The sky at Alpha Centauri would like practically identical to here.

Not really.  Many of the brighter stars would be shifted relative to
others by at least a few degrees, and most constellations would be
distorted enough to be recognizable only in hindsight to a casual
stargazer.

Still, an experienced naked-eye astronomer would be able to identify
the more distant landmark objects for orientation and match up
intermediate stars to get a pretty decent idea of where they are.  In
a Traveller setting even a number of people with more casual interest
may well be familiar with some features of the sky from different
systems.  I would certainly expect quite a few from a population of a
billion.


- Tim