Re: (SNES) Splitting Sirius at FDO

[Albireo54@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/24/02 5:51:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
colemans@riconnect.com writes:

<< Lew calls M41 (about 4  degrees from Sirius) the Dog's Spot.  >>

Hi Les,

And a very OLD spot it is. In fact M41 and M31 are among the deep space 
objects first observed by humankind. Aristotle wrote about both!

<<At sometime in the past, the Pup must have been a red giant.>>

I've often wondered how this idea jibes with reports from antiquity that 
describe Sirius as being a red star. Hmmmm........ 

We're only talking about a few thousand years, though. Doesn't seem likely 
that the "Pup" could have evolved to white dwarf status so quickly.

Doug
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