Birthday Star

Rexmons · 08-15-2007, 10:08 AM

From Neatorama:

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Birthday Stars is a generator that will find a star whose distance matches your age in light years from earth. For example, if you are 28 years and 6 months old, it will find a star 28.5 light years away from earth. The light arriving now from “your” star was generated at the time of your birth. Light travels at over a billion kilometers per hour {wiki}, so these stars are very far away.

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Your Birthday Star:

Your birthday star is in the constellation Orion. It has the name π3 (Pi3) Orionis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 1 Orionis in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 0449+0657 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 3.19 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 4:49:50.4
Declination 6:57:40.6

This star is 26.3 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.

wolf · 08-15-2007, 10:12 AM

Your Birthday Star:

Your birthday star is in the constellation Eridanus. It has the name τ01 (Tau01) Eridani in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 1 Eridani in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 0245-1834 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 4.46 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
Right ascension 2:45:6.2
Declination -18:34:21.2

This star is 45.6 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.

jester · 08-15-2007, 10:42 AM

This is soooo coool

My birthday star is in the constellation Cancer. It has the name ρ (Rho) Cancri in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 55 Cancri in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 0852+2819 A in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 5.96 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 8:52:35.8
Declination 28:19:50.9

This star is 41.0 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.

smurfalicious · 08-15-2007, 10:54 AM

My birthday star is in the constellation Ursa Major. It is called 61 Ursae Majoris in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1141+3412 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 5.31 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
Right ascension 11:41:3
Declination 34:12:5.9

This star is 30.9 light years away...

Very cool, except I turned 31 3 weeks ago, so shouldn't it be a star that is 31 or 31.1 light years away???

lumberjim · 08-15-2007, 11:16 AM

Shawnee123 · 08-15-2007, 11:19 AM

Your Birthday Star:

Your birthday star has the common name Capella. It is in the constellation Auriga. It has the name α (Alpha) Aurigae in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 13 Aurigae in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 0516+4559 A in the NStars database.

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It has visual magnitude 0.7 meaning that it is one of the brightest stars in the sky!

(But of course!)

It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 5:16:41.4
Declination 45:59:52.8

This star is 42.2 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.

SteveDallas · 08-15-2007, 11:48 AM

That is neat! When I saw the subject I was expecting another lame buy-a-star scam.

Rexmons · 08-15-2007, 11:59 AM

steve, you forgot the first rule in a crisis situation.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-15-2007, 03:08 PM

Your birthday star is in the constellation Pictor. It has the name β (Beta) Pictoris in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 0547-5103 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 3.86 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 5:47:17.1
Declination -51:3:59.5

Clodfobble · 08-15-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by smurfalicious

Very cool, except I turned 31 3 weeks ago, so shouldn't it be a star that is 31 or 31.1 light years away???

There probably isn't one that is exactly that far away. Give it a few months, maybe you'll get a more accurate one.

bluecuracao · 08-15-2007, 05:12 PM

This is a ripoff. I have the same birthday star as jester, and we weren't even born in the same month!

(Not that I mind sharing a star with you, jester.

)

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-24-2007, 10:34 PM

The temporal resolution isn't all that rigorous, is it?

"Your birthday star is in the constellation Bootes. It has the name τ (Tau) Bootis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 4 Bootis in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1347+1727 A in the NStars database.

"It has visual magnitude 4.5 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
Right ascension 13:47:15.8
Declination 17:27:24.9"

And I know I dutifully filled in the change.

busterb · 08-24-2007, 10:40 PM

Your birthday star is in the constellation Crux. It has the name η (Eta) Crucis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 1206-6436 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 4.14 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 12:6:52.9
Declination -64:36:49.4

This star is 64.2 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.

busterb · 08-24-2007, 10:42 PM

OK. I'll bite. Just WTF is Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog.

Elspode · 08-25-2007, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Dude...your birthday star is right next to mine...

08-15-2007, 10:12 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Your Birthday Star: Your birthday star is in the constellation Eridanus. It has the name τ01 (Tau01) Eridani in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 1 Eridani in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 0245-1834 in the NStars database. It has visual magnitude 4.46 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox): Right ascension 2:45:6.2 Declination -18:34:21.2 This star is 45.6 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-15-2007, 10:54 AM	#4
smurfalicious Tool. Not the band - you are one. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 501 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach FL Posts: 329	My birthday star is in the constellation Ursa Major. It is called 61 Ursae Majoris in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1141+3412 in the NStars database. It has visual magnitude 5.31 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox): Right ascension 11:41:3 Declination 34:12:5.9 This star is 30.9 light years away... Very cool, except I turned 31 3 weeks ago, so shouldn't it be a star that is 31 or 31.1 light years away??? __________________

08-15-2007, 11:16 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-15-2007, 11:59 AM	#8
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08-15-2007, 03:08 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Your birthday star is in the constellation Pictor. It has the name β (Beta) Pictoris in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 0547-5103 in the NStars database. It has visual magnitude 3.86 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox): Right ascension 5:47:17.1 Declination -51:3:59.5 Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-15-2007, 10:42 AM	#3
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	This is soooo coool My birthday star is in the constellation Cancer. It has the name ρ (Rho) Cancri in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 55 Cancri in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 0852+2819 A in the NStars database. It has visual magnitude 5.96 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox): Right ascension 8:52:35.8 Declination 28:19:50.9 This star is 41.0 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.

08-15-2007, 11:48 AM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	That is neat! When I saw the subject I was expecting another lame buy-a-star scam.

08-15-2007, 05:12 PM	#11
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	This is a ripoff. I have the same birthday star as jester, and we weren't even born in the same month! (Not that I mind sharing a star with you, jester. )

08-24-2007, 10:34 PM	#12
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	The temporal resolution isn't all that rigorous, is it? "Your birthday star is in the constellation Bootes. It has the name τ (Tau) Bootis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 4 Bootis in the Historia Cœlestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1347+1727 A in the NStars database. "It has visual magnitude 4.5 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox): Right ascension 13:47:15.8 Declination 17:27:24.9" And I know I dutifully filled in the change. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-24-2007, 10:40 PM	#13
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Your birthday star is in the constellation Crux. It has the name η (Eta) Crucis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 1206-6436 in the NStars database. It has visual magnitude 4.14 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox): Right ascension 12:6:52.9 Declination -64:36:49.4 This star is 64.2 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

08-24-2007, 10:42 PM	#14
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	OK. I'll bite. Just WTF is Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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