S U N S H I N E
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March 5, 2019/Day 152
Noon Position: 47 09S 122 36W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): ExN 6 – 7
Wind(t/tws): WxS 14
Miles since departure: 20,855
Avg. Miles/Day: 137
Clear night. Not a cloud. Orion is setting in the west; Scorpio, full and bright in the east, is rising. I trace out all the star paths I know and then try to identify the outliers. Why can’t I find Miaplacidus, for example? Or Atria?
A solitary star deep in the south is, I think, Achernar, which we’ve not seen since coming down the Pacific three months ago; it will eventually lead to Diphda ...
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