• Question: Do you know all the constellations ? What's your favourite?

    Asked by Ella to Aisling, Colin, Laurence, Ned, Niamh on 3 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Laurence O'Rourke

      Laurence O'Rourke answered on 3 Mar 2016:

      Hi Ella, I know a lot of them. My favourite is Orion (the hunter) because it is really nice to see in the Irish winter sky with its 3 star belt.

    • Photo: Ned Dwyer

      Ned Dwyer answered on 3 Mar 2016:

      Nope definitely not. But I like Orion. When I am at my Mum’s place in rural Kilkenny I love to look up and see his belt and dagger there. It is as if I can see Orion as a person!!

    • Photo: Niamh Shaw

      Niamh Shaw answered on 4 Mar 2016:

      I wish I knew more, I just know a few I’m afraid. Orion is really great. And I’m really enjoying seeing the southern cross at the moment every evening from Australia- because once I come back home to Ireland, I won’t be able to see it until I return to the southern hemisphere again. I also like to pick out the planets too in the night sky- they’re pretty special, especially since the planets you can see varies a lot over the year. Uranus, Venus, Saturn & Mars are about this month if you want to go check them out in your night sky.

    • Photo: Colin Shirran

      Colin Shirran answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      Hi Ella, It’s really hard to know all of the constellations since there are so many of them! I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that everyone here loves Orion. It’s very impressive in the nights sky during the winter. My second favourite is definitely Cassiopeia.

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