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Topic: The constellation Urion
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mensax Member Posts: 861 From: Virginia Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 12-18-2002 03:18 PM
The constellation Urion. I've read about it in several books, and, if memory serves me correct, I believe I even saw it in the movie Apollo 13. Last night I was reading Wally Schirra's book and he commented that he took many pictures of this "wondrous sight" and even included a photograph of it in a display featuring his flight. I was wondering if anyone has seen, or knows how to get, an image... and has anyone gotten an astronaut to sign it? |
4tr Member Posts: 129 From: Scituate, Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 12-18-2002 04:19 PM
Orion is the most prominent constellation in the winter sky. If you go out tonight about nine o'clock, you'll see it fairly high in the southeast, a rectangle of four bright stars with a line of three stars (Orion's Belt") within. Off hand, I can't think of any source of individual constellation photos. Novaspace sells an Orion poster, but I don't think that's what you're looking for. |
Rizz Member Posts: 1208 From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-18-2002 04:46 PM
I may be wrong, but I think Noah may be referring to a 'urine dump'. |
WAWalsh Member Posts: 809 From: Cortlandt Manor, NY Registered: May 2000
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posted 12-18-2002 04:48 PM
Ed, Noah's question goes to photos of wastedumps from the spacecraft and the resulting constellation Urion (or however one would spell it). Noah, I did not see any such photos among those packaged in the mission reports for Apollo 7 or Gemini 6, but it is certainly possible that I missed them. Otherwise, I cannot recall seeing any photos from Wally Schirra or anyone else. |
4tr Member Posts: 129 From: Scituate, Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 12-18-2002 04:49 PM
Now that you mention it, that's just the kind of bad pun he would make. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-18-2002 07:43 PM
This was a good memory test! Look at National Geographic, April, 1966, page 548, in the article "Space Rendezvous" by Kenneth Weaver, about Geminis 6 and 7. There is a colour photo of a urine dump, vented by Gemini 7, with the caption: "Constellation Urion", astronaut Schirra jokingly labelled this photograph at the postflight press conference. Droplets of urine, vented from G-7 at twilight and instantly frozen in space, follow as miniature satellites. They eventually sublimate and vanish, like dry ice."In anticipation of the next question, sorry - I don't have a scanner. |
bruce Member Posts: 916 From: Fort Mill, SC, USA Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-18-2002 07:58 PM
Noah, your message got the better of my curiosity and I just bought a copy of the April 1966 National Geographic off eBay! I will scan the photo and email it to you. If anyone else wants a scan, please email me off-list. You'll have to excuse me now, but for some reason, I have to go to the bathroom. |
mensax Member Posts: 861 From: Virginia Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 12-19-2002 06:31 AM
Thanks one and all for your responses! Bruce, I do look forward to getting that email scan from you. That was quick thinking to look on eBay for a picture... you can get anything on eBay can't you?Didn't I read sometime recently on this site that John Glenn was quoted as saying that this event was not the "fireflys" that he saw during his Mercury mission? |