Re: OT Query: Starship Troopers- MIA???

At 12:03 PM -0500 11/2/99, Do not pass when solid yellow line is on 
your side of the road wrote:
>  >>>Thanks, I don't know if this is true or not, but I remember seeing
>>>>something to the point that half of all real NASA rocket Scientists
don't
>>>   >know how to program their VCRs. Prolly BS but it make s apoint.
>>>
>>>Actually it has some basis. Many professional astronomers couldn't
>>>point out the constellations for you, much less know which con-
>>>stellation is which ("Big Dipper? I'm more interested in LTT 5721
>>>at coords 14 29 42 by -62 40 46!"*)
>>>
>>>* - bonus points for anyone who can name that star  ;-)
>>
>>That's either on the bright star or binary lists, I'm guessing it's
>>Polaris. A web search failed me :-(
>
>Actually it's on neither list (ummmm...okay, might be on the binary
list,
>as it is a companion to a multi-star system). And being 11th mag, a
little
>too faint to be seen naked eye (Polaris is mag ~1.9).
>
>(hint: try looking it up on SIMBAD)
>
>Mk

At this point I'll declare defeat and stick with my nice, provincial 
near star list and whatever a quick websearch comes up with.

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