On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Philip P. Pappas, II wrote: > >On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Philip P. Pappas, II wrote: > > > > > >The leftmost star of the w-shaped constellation, Cassiopeia, is almost on > >the same hour circle as Polaris so if it is directly above or below > >Polaris then Polaris indicates close enough to due north. Of course, if > >it's below Polaris then it's the rightmost star of the m-shaped > >Cassiopeia.
OOPS, Of course, the part I said of course about is wrong. I got my up and down mixed up but I had my left and right right. Cassiopeia is w-shaped when it's below Polaris. Sorry. > > > >jh > > >Dear jh: THANKS! > > jc > >
