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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 1 Aug 2015

    Many constellations in the Southern Skies are Geeky, having been formally named during the Industrial Revolution.

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      1. Pat Lacroix‏ @bigoilfan 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson like?

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      1. Bruce Watson‏ @Bruce_Watson_ 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson My fav is iPhone Australis.

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      1. Ocular Nervosa‏ @ocularnervosa 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson As apposed to the Greeky names in the North.

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      1. Michele Savage‏ @dereirsin 6 Sep 2015
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        @neiltyson Geeky in Greek?!

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      1. Bongo Eddie‏ @eddiestats 4 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Can we assume that Polynesians, Aboriginal Australians, etc had already given them older, less geeky names?

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      1. Heather D'Cruz‏ @HmdcruzD 3 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson @Qldaah They sound like they'd be great names for characters in Harry Potter's world ...

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      1. Edwin Mathlener‏ @edwinmathlener 3 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson I think these 17/18th century constellation names predate the industrial revolution. But they fit the rise of modern science.

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      1. Mystopian‏ @Sorensenium 2 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson My favorite is the Enhancement of Plutocracy by Mass Self-Rental Inducement.. So sick..depraved even. Also, The Factory Slave ^_^

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      1. Yobz‏ @Yobbobear 2 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson as opposed to the Northern Constellations being Greeky

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      1. support Trump‏ @Jassen_Hall 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson "Phoenix?" Because he's here. Followed up on Base 8 Arithmetic and Base 16 0900, interesting enough EMI considers most of this.

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      1. Sharon Conant‏ @2westymama 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Well you ruined it, I thought they were just smarter down under.

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      1. Michael Crawford‏ @MiklCraw4d 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson It's always been so funny to me that all the southern constellations are so "modern"

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      1. John Camillo‏ @JohnCamillo 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson just read that at the speed of New Horizons it would take 28 million years to get to new earth-like planet just discovered.

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      1.  🎃 ⚰ 👻Sin 👻 ⚰ 🎃‏ @SatanistSin 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Oooooh! So Those are the geeky ones...

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      1. Sieveboy‏ @Sieveboy 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson that would be renamed indigenous Australians had named them long before the industrial revolution: http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/6927/stories-in-the-stars.pdf …

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      1. Rebecca‏ @preciousthings 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Also the unofficial and mundane. My dad pointed out The Saucepan to me as a kid. (Actually a bit of Orion)

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      1. David Ballard‏ @dvdbllrd 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Too bad we don't have another hemisphere so a nerdy round of constellation naming could commence...

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