GC3VMME Universal Tour #1.1 - Tarantula Nebula (Traditional Cache) in Yorkshire, United Kingdom created by rocks'r'us

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GC3VMME ▼

A cache by rocks'r'us Message this owner

Hidden : 9/9/2012

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Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

"Universal Tour" is a series of 10 caches placed near Royston woods.

The containers are a variety of shapes & sizes although most fall into the 'micro' bracket. The final cache (#10) is a bonus - in order to determine the co-ordinates, some Maths needs to be done using INFO FOUND IN CACHE DESCRIPTIONS & clues found in the containers (calculator & notepad helpful). Paths can be muddy so appropriate footwear needed. We hope you enjoy the walk around the woods and the astronomical facts too.

With an apparent magnitude of +8 (a measure of the brightness of astronomical objects, with brightest objects having low or negative magnitude, and less bright having high magnitudes), this giant spider cannot be seen by the naked eye and up to the mid 18th Century was mistaken for a star. Being over 180,000 light years away is the reason for this mistake. If this 500 light year broad spider was as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula (M42) (1300 light years away), it would be bright enough in the sky to cast shadows like the moon when it is full on a clear night!

There is limited parking available at the waypoint and access to the cache series is via the footpath opposite (heading west).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx va sebag be oruvaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)