Constellation Reformation: The Next Generation
In a previous issue of this journal (vol. 14, no. 1, January-February 2008), I called on the scientific community to institute a comprehensive restructuring of constellation naming conventions as part of an effort to attract more students…
galvanized by a renewed sense of purpose, I present four additional alterations.
First, I propose transforming Corona Borealis, which depicts a king’s crown, into the more recognizable Cheeseburger, as illustrated in Figure 1. Likewise, Lyra, which portrays a harp, would be better served if it were transformed into Segway, as shown in Figure 2. Additional examples include Cygnus refurbished as Airliner (Figure 3), and Canis Major modernized to become Sports Car (Figure 4). These are but a few of the many possibilities…
(That’s an excerpt from the article “Constellation Reformation: The Next Generation,” by Ursula Majors, Published in AIR 14:3.)