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Astronomy and space

With stars in my eyes

21 Feb 2019 Tushna Commissariat
Taken from the February 2019 issue of Physics World.

Tushna Commissariat reviews Seeing Stars: a Complete Guide to the 88 Constellations by Sara Gillingham

Modern constellations
Celestial menagerie Modern constellations (those named since 1600) commonly take the forms of animals. (Courtesy: Sara Gillingham/Phaidon)
One of my earliest childhood memories is of my father pointing out the stars in the constellation of

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