Sunday for Monday w pic.

Re: Sunday for Monday w pic.

I don't want the box just before Christmas so I won't paint myself into trouble.

Another of the same

It has a weak tie to Christmas.

Hint--metal version

Though almost universally accepted by some groups the link mentioned earlier cannot be proven. In fact, when the link was supposed to occur modern scholars cannot "reverse engineer" it. Still, for the trivia a useful device for those in it for the long haul.

Re: Hint--metal version

maybe an adjustable ber stool.

Monday answer

Given that yesterday was the longest night of the year and Christmas is over the horizon the item for Monday trivia is called a telescope observing chair.

The seat is adjustable height with steps and foot pegs that enable a person viewing through a telescope to lean forward to sight through an (typically right angle) eyepiece on a telescope placed at various attitudes enabling the astronomer to view precise sections of sky. The tripod style chairs typically fold so that they travel with the telescope to outdoor locations on less than flat ground far from city lights. Telescope observing chair on a browser will show various options. So if you want to custom build a project for an astronomer go for it.

The hint about the Christmas star was just that, a hint. Truth is that scholars can't find an astronomical event within four or five years of the traditional year/birth of Christ that could authenticate the story of a �Star in the East�. Asteroids, comets, eclipses, nova and other events that might have been viewable in that part of the world have all been researched. Nothing fits. Also, the date of Christmas until a few hundred years ago was around June, and moved for the convenience of linking it to the celebration of other holidays by non-Christians. Still, Happy Holidays to all. Have faith that the new decade will bring answers to all we want to know.