Do you see what I see , A star, A star and a reindeer in the sky

 

been made aware  by  readers   that on some browsers   the  previous  Zeta  Doradus  photo appeared as a simple black   rectangle  with no detail  as  software  sees  the starfield  image  as  98%  black  hexadecimal 

this is an ongoing problem with   blogger this week     unhappy  with this as  next post   was a photo post  a  completes set of   proper motion  alien star charts for  plantispheres  i was  sharing online

For those who love  the   Christmas lights   at  this  time of year  -  houses  with   the  giant  electric  singing  Santas  and  the  Perry Como  sounds of  shopping cities  with  the  strings  of  festive  lights  may be interested in this   un -intententially festive night  sky as seen from zeta  ( ζ )Doradus  a star  38 light years away 

 Where quite by chance  and proper motion   bright stars such as  Capella,. Kocab  Sirius  and Vega   form  up to  create  the  constellation shape of a  perfect   mall  decoration    standing  reindeer    with  Deneb Sadr and  Formalhaut   making  up a  Santa  figure  to the  left when you run the  coordinates  in  the Astrofly  program

There is also  a  slightly  more abstract  reindeer  to be found  at  Nu Andromdae  66 light years  from  Doradus  and made up of  some of the  same  stars  

Rather later  with this   blog post   this month  has had written one on  lost  comet ISON and naked  eye  great comets  such as  the 1811  and 1843  comets  with illustrations   of  the  mega coronas  from my  contemporary  astronomy  books   and one on Eliza Cobham the  cruel lady pirate   but  truthfully i am   troubled with recurrence of  a  illness  that last   put me in hospital   twice in the  1990s and may so again   and that  I  am  teaching  ICT  again one day a week   in the  voluntary   sector  but have to commute  to a  neighbouring city .