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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also those other parts are a lot more visible when there's no light pollution like 2500 years ago.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those extra stars don't really make it more bear looking.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Than just these seven? They absolutely do.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks more like a drunk person drawing a stick horse to me

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

Where the fuck were you 2500 years ago? We could of had some kick-ass names and backstories for our night sky.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

How many long tailed bears were around in Ancient Greece? I saw a backwards interpretation that made more sense where the tail becomes the eye of the head.

Here's an actual photo of the night sky with all the minor stars. There's nothing there that even squinting gives the appearance of a bear.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's funny is it very clearly see a bear there.

Not sure if I'd be able to make it out in person, but the image makes it so very clear to me.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What? That's clearly a giraffe

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's a schooner.