This is a picture of Orion, my favorite constellation. I didn't take this picture. It was too cloudy at night, and I'm not sure I could've found Orion anyhow.
My literary reference is that John Dos Passos, in his memoir The Best Times, called Orion "the patron saint of nocturnal adventure", a phrase that has stayed with me since I first read it 30 years ago.
Also, in the lower left section, that really bright star is the Dog Star. And you're supposed to say, "Are you Sirius?"
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