A New Constellation Takes Hold
Explanation:
A new constellation has taken hold of the sky,
much to the surprise of many
sky gazers.
The
constellation of
Ollie the Owl has suddenly started
dominating the southern hemisphere, as shown above.
The
constellation is taking the place of
Wrinkles the Rhinoceros,
who was unexpectedly voted off they sky by the other constellations.
Happy
April Fools day from the folks at
APOD!
Pictured above, a bird was photographed taking the
Tololo All Sky Camera (TASCA) as a perch,
a situation that would be even funnier if the
bird's talons hadn't scratched the plastic enclosing dome.
TASCA continues to monitor the
entire night sky as visible from the
Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory located in
Chile.
Given the unusual vantage point, one guess is that the bird is a
Great Horned
Owl, although it is hoped
that a properly under-schooled
ornithologist can
e-mail Dr. Schwarz with the bird's true species.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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& Michigan Tech. U.
