If you know any constellations you probably already knew about this one. Orion is by far the easiest constellation to find, and is also good at pointing at things. (which we’ll get to later).
By the way, if you’re wondering why Sedna’s hand is coming from the top of the first panel, it’s because she lives in the Southern Hemisphere – which, as everyone knows, is the part of the Earth where everything is the right way up. However, since you Northern Hemisphere people are so used to seeing them wrong, I’ve flipped the constellations upside down for you. You’re welcome. :P
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Earlier today I came across your web comic on Reddit and soon found myself on your website reading more. I started at the first one and from there read onwards. This comic about Orion was one of the last ones I read before heading home. It was starting to get dark when I got on my bike and it was about fifteen minutes later when it was pitch black outside. By this time I had reached the final long straight stretch of road that I have to take to get home. It was at this moment that the stars right in front of me suddenly became all too familiar. Orion’s belt was almost perfectly lined up with the road I was riding on. I think it is intriguing that before reading this comic I had never given much thought to constellations, but would go on to immediately recognise the one constellation you described in the comic I had read only an hour earlier. Long story short, I really like your comics and they have already changed the way I look at the world, so thank you for that!