various other things (p2) by llizard (aka ejm) caduceus: _ _____ ( ) _____ vVVVVV\__|__/VVVVVv vVVVVVVvvv|vvvVVVVVVv vVVVV | VVVVv vVVV .=-< | >-=. VVVv vVV (____ |_____) VVv v (|) v (|) (|) (|) (|) '|` ejm97 | Naval caduceus (I think): _ _____ ( ) _____ vVVVVV\__|__/VVVVVv vVVVVVVvvv|vvvVVVVVVv vVVVV | VVVVv vVVV .=-< | >-=. VVVv vVV (____ |_____) VVv v (|) v (|) (|) (|) ^ (|) ^ \ '|` / \ | / ejm97 \_____/ \_____/ aesculus: _ _____ ( ) _____ vVVVVV\__|__/VVVVVv vVVVVVVvvv|vvvVVVVVVv vVVVV | VVVVv vVVV | >=. 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' _,' _,' ' ,-' _/ ' ,-' \ _/ ' ,' \ _' ' ' _\' , ' , _,-' \ \ (((( \,_,--' \ "", )))) \ ____ /((( .` \ \+=+/ ))& _= (, \ \=+\(()( / \ \+=\))\))___/ \ \=+)_(___ _[]______ <---supposed to be \ \(/_____-.` ----+---- nail varnish \ |_____\ _ \\ | \ |======\ ( \\ | \ | \ ` \\ | ejm \| \ )`__,, | clock: time flies: (\ /) (v\ /v) (vvv\ /vvv) (vvvvv\ /vvvvv) (vvvvvvv\ /vvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvvv\ _---_ /vvvvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvvvvv\/ XII \/vvvvvvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvvvvvv/ / \vvvvvvvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvvvvv/ / \vvvvvvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvvvv|IX @ III |vvvvvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvvvv\ \ /vvvvvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvvvv\ /vvvvvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvvv\ VI /vvvvvvvvv) (vvvvvvvv-___-vvvvvvvv) (vvvvvv/ \vvvvvv) (vvvvv/ \vvvvv) (vvv/ \vvv) ejm (v/ \v) (/ \) midnight |) /\ |\ | /` | |) \/ | \| \] . _________ | X|I | | | ||) /\ |\ | /` | |IX * III||) \/ | \| \] . | | |____VI___| |) /\ |\ | /` | | \ | |) \/ | \| \] . | \ | | \ | |) /\ |\ | /` | | ( )| |) \/ | \| \] . |_________| ejm |) /\ |\ | /` | |) \/ | \| \] . |) /\ |\ | /` | |) \/ | \| \] . |) /\ |\ | /` | |) \/ | \| \] . |) /\ |\ | /` | |) \/ | \| \] . |) /\ |\ | /` | |) \/ | \| \] . |) /\ |\ | /` | |) /\ |\ | /` | |) \/ | \| \] . |) \/ | \| \] . |) /\ |\ | /` | |) \/ | \| \] . alarm clocks _,--.--,_ |. / \ | / \ (|||)(| |. ` _---_ ` ,| (|||)(| / XII \ |. ,| / \(|||)(| / \ ,| |. |IX @ III | |. 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H.A. Rey way (understandable) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Here is a typical way of showing Ursa Major on star charts: (I really don’t understand why this method is perpetuated! This doesn’t look like a bear. It looks more like a sleigh…) . * . * ` * . ` * - - - - * * - - - * ' ' ' ' ' ' *- - - -* - - - -* ' ' ' ' * * . _ `. ` * `. . ` * * - - - - * . ' . * ' . ' * ' * When we were kids, we were given the wonderful book The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H. A. Rey “This book […] shows the constellations in a new, graphic way, as shapes which suggest what the names imply: it shows the group of stars known as the Great Bear, in the shape of a bear […]”. Here is the H.A.Rey way of connecting the stars: (See? It does look like a bear!) . * . * ` * . . ` * - - - - * - - - - - * - - - * . ' ' ' . . ' ' ' . *- - - -* * . . . . ' * * `. ' * `. .' . ` * * * . ' , . * ' , . 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