The Pleiades & Orion

This seven star cluster is one of the many sights Andrew (my son) and I saw at the Oregon Star Party last Summer. It was so cool to see it in real life through a very nice telescope courtesy of my friend Alan.

(God) designed the Big Dipper and Orion, the Pleiades and Alpha Centauri. Job 9:9

(God asks Job...) Can you catch the eye of the beautiful Pleiades sisters, or distract Orion from his hunt? Can you get Venus to look your way, or get the Great Bear and her cubs to come out and play? Do you know the first thing about the sky's constellations and how they affect things on Earth? Job 38:31-33

During the summer, we get to see this constellation about every night! Two of the brightest stars are found in Orion. Rigel (the large blue star in the bottom right) and Betelgeuse (the large red super giant in the upper left - one of the largest known stars)

It is the Lord who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into morning and day into night. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is his name! Amos 5:8

Wanna know how big we are??? Watch this...




I was at Gresham Station Starbucks today with Abby, my daughter, and she saw these big baskets with coffee in them up near the ceiling. (about 20 or so feet up) She said, "How did they get those up there?" I told her that they probably used a ladder.

She said, "God could put them up there... he's very tall."

Today I'm thinking about the greatness of our God. He created it all... Even Betelgeuse!