Even in the middle of Nairobi, with its dirty orange glow at night, it’s still possible to see far more stars than can been see from home. But I can’t name many of the constellations as most of them are different from those back in the northern hemisphere – or else are upside down. Then again, I couldn’t name many of them at home either!<\/p>\n
Orion is easy to spot, directly overhead instead of lurking just behind some houses or trees on the horizon, while Cassiopeia, the big W, is a big M here and there are too many other stars which could be it instead.<\/p>\n
Even with a programme on my computer which shows an exact picture of the sky at a certain time and location, it’s still difficult to differentiate between the millions of visible stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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