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National Puzzle Day 2025: Galaxies Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/29/2025
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


National Puzzle Day is January 29th every year.  It was created by Jody Jill in 2002 as a way to share her joy of puzzles.  I found out about it in 2021 and placed a geocaching puzzle for it.  This year I'm placing another puzzle cache to celebrate this day.

This year's puzzle is a Galaxies puzzle, or Tentai Shō (天体ショー). In order to solve a Galaxies puzzle, you must divide the grid along the lines to create regions called "galaxies". Each dot must be in the center of its own galaxy. Each galaxy must contain only one dot, and must also have 180° rotational symmetry.

If you have any questions, please read the Wikipedia article on Tentai Shō.

Once you have solved this puzzle, the meanings of the letters should be apparent.

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.


Congratulations to UsLaynes for being first-to-find!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qbjauvyy sebz gur boivbhf cynpr.

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)