Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> From which well-known Sun-like star do the other well-known
> stars Sirius, Procyon, and Epsilon Eridani all appear against
> the background of a slightly distorted Leo, the Lion?
>
2nd approximation: I computed the "mean" position of
those 3 stars, the "mean" position of the stars of Leo,
and got:
Mean of Sirius, Procyon, and Epsilon Eridani is
a point at RA = 5.971184 h, Dec = -6.755817 deg, r = 2.758257 pc
(S, P and E are, respectively, 0.702685 pc, 1.646586 pc, and
1.957545 pc from this mean point)
Mean of Leo is RA = 11.089920 h, Dec = 18.821237 deg
Then, I checked all stars I have in a database here for
those that would see S, P & E at most 15 deg from the
mean of Leo. Unfortunately, I got a too-long list, with
too-many stars, and none of them seem to be a "well-known
Sun-like star".
The best fit to that might be Beta Cetus,
also known as Diphda, a K1 star at RA = 0.72 hours,
dec = -17.98 deg, dist = 18 parsecs - with an
extra advantage, that Sol would be 22 deg from the
mean of Leo.
Alberto Monteiro
