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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 1 Aug 2015

    There’s no middle star in the rectangular Southern Cross to anchor the transept. More accurate to call it "Southern Rhombus"

    6:06 PM - 1 Aug 2015
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      2. Jesse Spencer‏Verified account @Jesse_Spencer 2 Aug 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson don't you be bringing logic into this now we won't stand for it 🇦🇺

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      2. pourmecoffee‏Verified account @pourmecoffee 1 Aug 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Hootie and the Southern Rhombus is my new band and we'd love to send you a tape. I'm Hootie.

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      2. Osman Faruqi‏Verified account @oz_f 1 Aug 2015
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        .@neiltyson ok mate but the flag of your home state is insane and features the smiling sun from the Teletubbiespic.twitter.com/mVSvlWo8SL

        2 replies 4 retweets 7 likes
      3. Giovanni Torre‏ @GiovanniTorre 1 Aug 2015
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        @oz_f @neiltyson the shockwave from that burn just hit the west coast

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      2. Toby. The G is silent.‏ @Epigrammist 1 Aug 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson in that case I propose to rename the North Star the “Nearly But Not Quite North Star.”

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      3. Toby. The G is silent.‏ @Epigrammist 1 Aug 2015
        Replying to @Epigrammist

        .@neiltyson and the Zodiac constellations renamed to “What combinations of brain killing compounds made them think that is a freakin goat?”

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      1. Rockburn Wines‏ @RockburnWinesNZ 1 Aug 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Of course. Because all your Northern constellations are highly accurate depictions of their namesakes. We'll get right on that.

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      1. Mike Stucka‏ @MikeStucka 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson First you kill Pluto the planet, then you kill the Southern Cross. Have you no decency, sir? At long last, have you no decency?

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      2. Christopher R Taylor‏ @KestrelArts 3 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson @szabosolicitors Planetarian man been looking in the dictionary lately, I see

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      3. Szabo Solicitors‏ @szabosolicitors 3 Aug 2015
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        “@KestrelArts: @neiltyson @szabosolicitors Planetarian man been looking in the dictionary lately, I see” 👍😂

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      2.  😺Steph 🐱  🍁 🍃 🍂 🍁‏ @Graypets 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson That would totally screw up the Crosby Stills & Nash song.

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      1. Christian Fuchs  📷‏ @cpfuchs 1 Aug 2015
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        Buzzkill MT @neiltyson: no middle star in the rectangular Southern Cross to anchor the transept. More accurate to call it "Southern Rhombus"

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      1. Russell Byers Thompson‏ @russthompson 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson I'm a gigging musician and have never covered "Southern Cross"...until now. I'll implement the change with the bar crowd.

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      1. Drew Bowie‏ @Drew_Bowie 1 Aug 2015
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        .@neiltyson Careful, making us Aussies think about our national icons can get you branded "unAustralian" and your passpor.. Oh, as you were.

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      1. Katherine Birkett‏ @Kitty_B_Good 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Now Cygnus in the Northern Hemisphere.... now, THAT's what I call a cross!

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      1. Ed Boo-ton‏ @edb87 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Party pooper. 😋

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      2. Chris‏ @653toMidnight 1 Aug 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Or there is, but the view is blocked by something between the Earth and that star

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