Re: conskies available!

Michael Poxon wrote:

 You don't need to know much about the deep stuff (no astrophysics for
instance) but you do need to be able to plot the output figures on a star
chart, in the same manner that if you're given the latitude and longitude of a
place, you can plot it on a map. Is Cindu the star in your coniverse?
    
    No, that's the planet's name.  They call their sun _lero_ 'the sun'.    
    
 There aren't too many G-type stars within 20 ly of us apart from alpha
Centauri, but that's too near. Altair is about 16 lightyears away, but isn't
spectral type G. (Wades through weighty catalogues...) A good contender would
be eta Cassiopeiae, about 18 lightyears distant, spectrum F9, i.e., practically
type G. It's also a very nice double star!
    
 I believe Nik Taylor has a double star system, but he knows what he's
doing....It would complicate my life, I suspect. Well, 19-20 ly isn't carved in
stone, it could be (somewhat) more distant. Still and all, this looks to be
worth trying despite my limitations