Need help with Australian constellations

[blpurdom]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "malaprop2000" <malaprop2000 at y...> 
wrote:
> I have a star guide and I really love the idea of Harry seeing the 
> Phoenix but I want to make sure that he could see it.  The 
> Southern Cross looks like it would be an excellent choice - four 
> bright stars in the shape of a cross -  but I don't know if it can 
> actually be seen from the Southern Hemisphere.
> 
> Our boy is about 100 miles north of Alice Springs.
> 
> Yes, I know the likelyhood of an Australian or New Zealander 
> surfing the net and finding this fic is nil but I'd like to get it 
> right if possible.

Not so!  People read HP fanfic from all over.  I received many nice 
emails and reviews from folks in Australia and New Zealand who 
appreciated my mentioning Gallipoli and the Anzacs in Psychic 
Serpent.  The internet has made the world MUCH smaller.  I love the 
idea of Harry being Down Under!

--Barb

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