This default wallpaper.

Tarogar@feddit.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 390 points –

I recently noticed that the default background for Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" has a purple star missing and now that i noticed it, i can't unsee it. The one towards the bottom right is barely visible so that passes.

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Isn’t that how all constellations came about?

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Edit: So apparently what i first wrote up can be summarized as "Asterisms are more relevant and sensible than constellations"..

::: spoiler original comment Especially nowadays with light pollution it's easy to tell which constellations make sense, the top ones in the northern sky IMO being: Cassiopeia, Ursa Major, Orion, Cygnus (really just the middle 4 stars), and Ursa Minor but mostly because that's got Polaris in it and it's the most important star.

Also fun anecdote: When i was a kid and didn't know any constellations other than orion, cassiopeia, and ursa major; i independently recognized the middle 4 stars of cygnus and called it the Pilot because it looks like the front view of a jet fighter, so how's THAT for being a sensible constellation! :::

Sure, but it’s still just some dudes playing join-the-dots in the sky. None of it means anything.