Galaxy Song

I was digging up old stuff when i got stuck with this Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. I will not discuss so much about the movie, instead i will jump into the Chapter 15, There is a song, known as “Galaxy Song“, in which i just realized, the lyric is astronomically accurate, disregard how grim & nihilistic the movie is. Should I laugh, grin or just a simple smile? To realize that even we study astronomy in a way to comprehend the meaning of life?

Rigel-Kentaurus, The Star of the Southern Sky

What is the thing that makes southern sky is so special? For me, i simply answer, because southern sky have one unique star, that is: Alpha Centauri (α Cen / α Centauri/ Rigil Kentaurus). For simplicity, i will call it, just by Rig-K, that is because i like it that way. In particular, the name Rigil Kentaurus derived from the Arabic phrase Al Rijl al Kentaurus, meaning “foot of the centaur,” (of course because it is placed on the foot of the Centaurus constellation) but is most often referred to by its Bayer designation Alpha Centauri, the official name for astronomy.