The coordinates above are not the position of the cache.
While I have been interested in astronomy for many years, it is
only recently that my interest was rekindled when I purchased a
second telescope to go along with the one I built in college
(another toy !). This cache is a tribute to astronomy. To amateur
astronomers, the answers should be relatively easy; to others, the
answers are all available either on the web or in a star atlas.
The true position of the cache is at:
N 34 18.ABC
W 118.49.DEF
Where:
A = the visual magnitude of the star at the right angle of the
Summer Triangle;
B = the declination in degrees of the northernmost star in
Orion’s belt;
C = the difference in minutes between a terrestrial solar day and
sidereal day;
D = the number of stars usually used to depict the outline of the
household object in the constellation of the Archer;
E = the number of stars within the usually recognized figure of
Ursa Majoris brighter than delta UMa.;
F = the Right Ascension (to the nearest hour) of the object
generally regarded to be the most distant to be visible to the
unaided human eye, also known as M31.
Each letter represents a single-digit integer.
The cache is micro with a log only; bring your own pencil.
ENJOY!
(Thanks to Sr. Hikers [Wolf & Ingrid] for helping me correct
a mistake in one of the clues!)
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.