GC4QAQF Traditional Cache Asterism (Astronomy Science Series)
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: Thystle @ | Hide Date: 10/14/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 12.330 W104° 46.483 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Available at all times  Wheelchair accessible  Park and Grab 

Easy Cache-N-Dash along East Greenland Rd

An asterism is a group of stars, usually inside a constellation, that may or may not be more famous than the constellation it is part of.

The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, (or Subaru, or whatever), is an asterism of Taurus the Bull- its a swarm of bees stinging the bull on his back.

The Big Dipper is an asterism of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The Big Dipper is her hindquartes and long, stretched-out tail. (And there are wonderful stories on how that bear got such a long tail, and her cub, the Little Dipper, too!)

The Northern Cross is an asterism for Cygnus the Swan.

A few asterisms are made up of more than one constellation. The Summer Triangle is made up of three stars from three constellations: Deneb from Cygnus the Swan, Altair from Aquila the Eagle, and Vega from Lyra.

So next time you hear someone talking about the Big-Dipper and calling it a constellation, just remember they are not seeing "'the whole picture"

 

Cache is a cammoed Altoids tin

 

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If you don't see signs of this cache, just think "Magnetic". Its on the road, no need to go down below. (1 terrain)

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9 Logs: Found it 9  

Found it 06/28/2019 By berg_kids
Found while bike caching.

Found it 05/04/2019 By LostinDenver
Today, after the CITO, I cached around the Larkspur/Palmer Lake/Monument area. There are several caches around that I haven't grabbed and this was the day to change that. During my journey I was enchanted by big blue skies and beautiful views of the mountains.

Easy cache and dash indeed. TFTC!

Found it 05/03/2019 By prerules
Nicely done. Signed log.

Thanks Thystle for giving me a reason to get outside. It’s always worth it when you are enjoying nature. There is nothing better than acting like a kid again, digging through weeds and climbing trees, all to sign my name on a piece of paper.

Found with Cachly for IOS.

prerules | Parker, CO
Geocache find #850
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Found it 12/26/2018 By BluePearl
We took a back road to avoid the post-Christmas traffic, and not only enjoyed the scenery, but found a couple of caches. Thanks, and happy new year!

Found it 04/14/2018 By Berb57
Found with Thierry B on a blistery but sunny day. Thanks.

Found it 04/14/2018 By Thierry B
Easy find.
TFTC

Found it 01/10/2018 By DustyKat
Found while on our way to Spruce Mountain.

Found it 09/29/2017 By DASHON
We are visiting family in Black Forest. We were on many old roads, but new caches for us today. We were able to pick-up 27 caches in less than three hours driving on a cool day and enjoying beautiful surroundings. Thanks! SL

Found it 09/09/2017 By TexDoc56
hammerhead53 and I went to the chili cook off and then grabbed some caches in the area.
Quick one here.

Cache is in good shape.
Thanks for the cache, Thystle