Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Path: netcom.com!netcomsv!decwrl!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!uchinews!ellis!djb6 From: djb6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Dennis Brennan) Subject: Re: ADMIN: The Nexus System Message-ID: <1993Sep13.043051.5964@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: djb6@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: University of Chicago References: <25ttff$hbm@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> <1993Sep4.061138.28268@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 04:30:51 GMT Lines: 24 One more time... PENDULUM (Constellation in the Nexic nighttime sky): THis constellation consists of thrree bright stars in a sharp-angled isoceles triangle. The acute angle always points directly north, which alone makes this constellation of great utility to navigators and travelers, but the Pendulum has a second interesting property as well. A cluster of bright lights of rather mysterious nature is located within the triangle of the constellation. Like the swinging bar of a true pendulum, these lights oscillate slowly from one side of the triangle to the other over a period of about two weeks. By examining this celestial indicator, travelers are able to easily determine the date. Indeed, certain societies on Nexus base their time measurement systems on the activity of the Pendulum. -- Dennis Brennan djb6@midway.uchicago.edu