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Gary
 
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Default A real Navigation Question 1

Joe wrote:
Very good gaz.

Now follow orions belt in a curved line SE to Sirius you hit a nearly
equalateral triangle of Stars.

This is part of what constellation?

How many stars in this triangle are listed in the Nautical Almanac?
Name them..

Joe

Tough one, Orion (The Hunter), Sirius (one of the dog stars), is it
Canis Minor?