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If you live in Los Angeles (around 33°52'N, roughly the latitude of Hermosa Beach) the black hole in V404 Cygni passes over you each day. On Christmas Day it will be directly overhead around 2pm.

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[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We're not under the stars; we are amongst the stars, surrounded by the stars, encircled (ensphered?) on all sides.

[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

That is an excellent point!