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This illustration is from The Stars by H. A. Rey (the Curious George author/artist). I have a beaten-up copy that is, in a certain sense, my oldest book. I own books that are older, but of all the books I own its the one that I’ve had the longest, with a distinct memory of reading this physical copy as a young child.
It’s the original cloth-bound hardback of the first edition, published in 1962, which makes it exactly as old as I am. I remember reading it (which would have meant looking at the pictures) when I lived on Hilton Drive in Redlands. We moved from that house just after my parents divorced, so I could not have been older than four, or at most five.
I loved it then, and love it now.
This is the second time on Tumblr that I’ve seen a mention of a constellation called “Giraffe”. HOW DID I NEVER KNOW THERE WAS A CONSTELLATION CALLED GIRAFFE?! Maybe it isn’t visible from where I live at a time of night when I’m likely to see it? I’m not at 40 degrees north, so maybe it’s below the horizon?
Haha, no, it’s circumpolar for northern hemisphere observers (which is actually what that illustration is showing), meaning it’s nominally visible on any clear night. It’s extremely low-key as constellations go, however, with no bright stars or any recognizable “giraffe” pattern, despite Rey’s game effort to give it one.
Reposted from http://lies.tumblr.com/post/66004839389.
