Alright, let’s talk about that there star sky, the one they call… uh… star sky norvege constellation sagittaire, yeah, that’s the one. Sounds fancy, don’t it? But it ain’t so complicated, not when you look at it the way I do.
Now, they tell me this Sagittarius fella, he’s like a picture in the sky. Some kinda horse-man thing with a bow and arrow. I ain’t never seen no horse-man, but I seen plenty of horses and plenty of men, so I guess I can picture it. This Sagittarius, he’s a big deal in the sky, they say. Part of somethin’ called the zodiac, which I reckon is just fancy talk for star pictures.
They say you can see this Sagittarius fella best in the summer, ’round August time, ‘specially at night. That makes sense, don’t it? Can’t see no stars in the daytime, not with the sun blazin’ and all. And in Norway, where they got them long nights in the winter, well, I hear tell that’s the best time to see all sorts of stars, not just this Sagittarius fella.
- Summer nights good for Sagittarius
- Winter in Norway even better for all stars
Now, Norway, that’s a place with clean air, not like the city with all that smoke and whatnot. Clean air means you can see the stars real good, like they’re hangin’ right there above ya. They say there’s a place in Norway called Varanger, and it’s one of the best spots on Earth to look at the night sky. Not too many folks livin’ there, so not too many lights to mess up the view. And that Milky Way thing, they say you can see it clear as day, streakin’ across the sky like a spilled bucket of milk, only it’s made of stars. That’s what they say, I never seen no milk in the sky.
This Sagittarius fella, he ain’t alone up there. He’s got neighbors, like this Scorpius and Ophiuchus on one side, and Capricornus and that Microscopium thing on the other. Sounds like a whole neighborhood up there! And they say if you wanna see him good, you gotta be lookin’ in the right direction. Something about latitudes and plus 55 and minus 90… I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout that math stuff. But they also say nine o’clock at night in August is a good time to look. That, I can understand.
They also got these big star pictures, bigger than Sagittarius. Hydra, Virgo, Ursa Major… names sound like somethin’ out of a book, but they’re just more pictures in the sky. Big ones, though, real big.
And get this, they got these fancy contraptions now, things they call “online interactive planetarium applications”. Sounds like a mouthful, don’t it? But what it means is you can look at the stars on your computer or your phone. Can you imagine that? Me, I just look up at the sky, but these young folks, they got their gadgets for everything. But I guess it’s alright, if it helps ‘em see them star pictures, that’s fine by me. It’s the same stars, no matter how you look at ‘em.
So, there you have it. That there star sky norvege constellation sagittaire. It’s just a picture in the sky, a horse-man with a bow and arrow, and you can see him best in the summer, ‘specially in Norway where the air is clean and the nights are long. And he’s got neighbors up there, lots of ‘em. And if you can’t see ‘em in the real sky, well, you can always look on that computer thingy. It’s all the same stars, just different ways of lookin’ at ‘em.
And that’s all there is to it, really. Just a bunch of stars makin’ pictures in the sky. Pretty, ain’t it? Makes you think, even if you don’t know all them fancy names and numbers. Just look up and enjoy the show. It’s free, and it’s been there forever. And that’s more than you can say for most things these days.
Tags: [Sagittarius, Norway, Stargazing, Night Sky, Constellation, Varanger, Northern Hemisphere, Milky Way, Astronomy]
