Night Sky Log · No. 7
A field guide to constellations that don’t exist… yet.

Imaginary Constellations

The universe is mostly empty space and human imagination. Tonight, we’ll chart the second one.

🕯️ Best observed with the lights off
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The Cosmic Teapot
Comfort · North-West

A cozy cluster that supposedly warms the void. Legend says that if you trace its handle three times, your tea never goes cold before you finish the last page of a book.

★★★★☆  visibility
Best at late dusk
The Sleeping Dragon
Guard · Zenith

A long, winding curve of stars that arches across the peak of the sky. Children are told it swallows nightmares whole, then snores them out as shooting stars.

★★★★★  visibility
Midnight to 3 a.m.
The Ladder of Lost Ideas
Muse · East

Faint but persistent, this vertical scatter is rumored to appear when somebody somewhere is stuck on a problem. Spotting it is a good excuse to open a blank page.

★★★☆☆  visibility
Just before dawn
The Pocket Compass
Wander · South

Four bright points and a slightly confused fifth one, forever off to the side. Sailors of imaginary seas claim it always points toward a new story.

★★★★☆  visibility
Any time you’re lost
Click a constellation to see how it rearranges the sky.