*at least very similar
i think i just saw ursa major constellation in the sky above Hangzhou here’s a couple of shots
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Good shot, dude!
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Yeah 
Looks quite similar. To the upper left should be another star but maybe it is behind the clouds. Nice shot 
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It would be cool to be able to somehow efficiently track key constellation positions (or particularly bright stars and planets) as you navigate through the latitudes in IF. I mean, if you’re flying from, say, South America to Europe, where Orion is relative to the north and south horizons is a big “where am I” clue when you look outside an airliner window.
And Ursa Major of course just disappears below the horizon at some point as you continue to fly south. So, it’s “height” above the northern horizon is a cool thing to keep aware of.
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A long time ago we were talking about this in the IFC and someone said that devs had made the stars to be as accurate as possible to rl. Since then I always wished to feature request the Lockheed Model 10 Electra so I could circumnavigate the IF globe, Amelia Earhart and Noonan style, using a homemade sextant to calculate the IF screen and strictly no VOR or peeking on the maps! Imagine a massive group flight, all seasoned IF pilots with our Electras using analog gauges on an island somewhere in the Pacific midnight, just short of Nikumaroro island (where Earhart thought to last dissapeared), discussing and debating our next stop on Discord before the other parties wins the race across the globe.
…but my thoughts were the Electra wouldn’t get many votes, be as historical as it was.
But yeah, anyways I know the sun is accurate to the season, but are those stars really fixed in place so can be used to navigate tho?
I could actually find out if only I wasn’t this lazy😅
EDIT: By the way bruh, DANG GOOD CATCH! Thanks for sharing this!!
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thx dude , ur idea is awesome . it would be a veeeeery large- scale event
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