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Now spot ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Hulk’ constellations among other modern legends

Washington, Oct 22 (UNI) Stargazers can now spot constellations of their favourite modern legends like ‘The Little Prince’, ‘Godzilla’, ‘Star Trek’, and ‘Hulk’ in the night-sky.
However, these constellations are not made up or stars. It is an astronomic artwork of gamma rays to mark a decade long service of Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, NASA has established 21 gamma-ray constellations to salute the modern mythos, reports Japan Today.
“Developing these unofficial constellations was a fun way to highlight a decade of Fermi’s accomplishments,” said Julie McEnery, the Fermi project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “One way or another, all of the gamma-ray constellations have a tie-in to Fermi science.”
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