Straddling the French-Swiss border near Geneva, the Large Hadron Collider is a 27-kilometer circumference particle accelerator buried 100 meters underground — the largest and most powerful machine ever built by humanity. Completed in 2008 at a cost of $4.75 billion, it accelerates protons to 99.9999991% the speed of light, recreating conditions one trillionth of a second after the Big Bang. The 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson confirmed the mechanism that gives mass to all matter. At Giza bearing 121.03° and just 2,821 km from the Great Pyramid, CERN sits on territory that was sacred to the Allobroges and later the Knights Templar. The collider's precise circular geometry, buried in Jurassic limestone beneath the Jura mountains, creates the most powerful electromagnetic torus on Earth — a 27 km ring of 1,232 superconducting dipole magnets cooled to -271.3°C, colder than outer space.
Wikipedia| Star ▴ | Rise Az ▴ | Rise Δ ▴ | Set Az ▴ | Set Δ ▴ | Tradition ▴ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleiades (Alcyone) | 86.0° | — | 274.0° | — | |
| Orion's Belt (Alnilam) | 111.3° | — | 248.7° | — | |
| Sirius | 120.8° | — | 239.2° | — | |
| Thuban | — | — | — | — | |
| Vega | 11.5° | — | 348.5° | — | |
| Regulus | 54.0° | — | 306.0° | — | |
| Aldebaran | 92.8° | — | 267.2° | — | |
| Antares | 100.2° | — | 259.8° | — | |
| Fomalhaut | — | — | — | — | |
| Arcturus | — | — | — | — | |
| Galactic Center (Sgr A*) | 111.5° | — | 248.6° | — | |
| Galactic Anti-Center | 68.7° | — | 291.3° | — | |
| Deneb | 30.7° | — | 329.3° | — | |
| Capella | 45.5° | — | 314.5° | — | |
| Castor | 48.9° | — | 311.1° | — | |
| Pollux | 52.7° | — | 307.3° | — | |
| Procyon | 83.3° | — | 276.6° | — | |
| Betelgeuse | 97.0° | — | 263.0° | — | |
| Rigel | 124.3° | — | 235.7° | — | |
| Bellatrix | 102.1° | — | 257.9° | — | |
| Achernar | — | — | — | — | |
| Acrux | 159.2° | — | 200.8° | — | |
| Mimosa | 149.3° | — | 210.7° | — | |
| Altair | 77.7° | — | 282.4° | — | |
| Kochab | — | — | — | — | |
| Dubhe | — | — | — | — | |
| Alkaid | — | — | — | — | |
| Mizar | — | — | — | — | |
| Hamal | 90.2° | — | 269.8° | — | |
| Zubenelgenubi | 79.5° | — | 280.5° | — | |
| Alnitak | 111.8° | — | 248.3° | — | |
| Mintaka | 110.5° | — | 249.5° | — | |
| Saiph | 121.9° | — | 238.1° | — | |
| Peacock | — | — | — | — | |
| Miaplacidus | — | — | — | — | |
| Rigil Kentaurus | 154.1° | — | 205.9° | — | |
| Hadar | 149.4° | — | 210.6° | — | |
| Gacrux | 144.0° | — | 216.0° | — | |
| Naos | 146.7° | — | 213.3° | — | |
| Suhail | 141.2° | — | 218.8° | — | |
| Avior | — | — | — | — | |
| Atria | — | — | — | — | |
| Regor | 161.8° | — | 198.2° | — | |
| Alsephina | — | — | — | — | |
| Shaula | 121.7° | — | 238.3° | — | |
| Ankaa | — | — | — | — | |
| Menkent | 107.4° | — | 252.6° | — | |
| Alpheratz | 78.8° | — | 281.2° | — | |
| Eltanin | — | — | — | — | |
| Kornephoros | 24.7° | — | 335.3° | — | |
| Rasalhague | 51.4° | — | 308.6° | — | |
| Denebola | 35.0° | — | 325.0° | — | |
| Alhena | 79.2° | — | 280.8° | — | |
| Alphard | 88.7° | — | 271.4° | — | |
| Bharani | 94.2° | — | 265.8° | — | |
| Pushya | 57.7° | — | 302.3° | — | |
| Adhara | 140.2° | — | 219.8° | — | |
| Wezen | 134.2° | — | 225.8° | — | |
| Navi | 28.6° | — | 331.4° | — | |
| Schedar | 36.9° | — | 323.1° | — | |
| Nunki | 116.5° | — | 243.5° | — | |
| Canopus | — | — | — | — | |
| Kaus Australis | 123.7° | — | 236.3° | — | |
| Sabik | 89.3° | — | 270.6° | — | |
| Scheat | 75.8° | — | 284.1° | — | |
| Enif | 91.9° | — | 268.1° | — | |
| Diphda | 159.3° | — | 200.7° | — | |
| Alphecca | — | — | — | — | |
| Rasalgethi | 46.0° | — | 314.0° | — | |
| Spica | 71.8° | — | 288.2° | — | |
| Zubeneschamali | 71.0° | — | 289.0° | — | |
| Unukalhai | 48.4° | — | 311.6° | — | |
| Murzim | 128.9° | — | 231.1° | — | |
| Phact | — | — | — | — | |
| Mirfak | 48.5° | — | 311.5° | — | |
| Vindemiatrix | 36.0° | — | 324.0° | — | |
| Markab | 93.7° | — | 266.3° | — | |
| Algol | 63.4° | — | 296.6° | — | |
| Sadalmelik | 108.6° | — | 251.4° | — | |
| Sadalsuud | 111.2° | — | 248.8° | — | |
| Sun (Summer Solstice) | 54.9° | — | 305.1° | — | |
| Sun (Winter Solstice) | 125.1° | — | 234.9° | — | |
| Sun (Equinox) | 90.0° | — | 270.0° | — | |
| Sun (Northern Cross-Quarter) | 65.8° | — | 294.2° | — | |
| Sun (Southern Cross-Quarter) | 114.2° | — | 245.8° | — | |
| Moon (N Major Standstill) | 46.0° | — | 314.0° | — | |
| Moon (S Major Standstill) | 134.0° | — | 226.0° | — | |
| Moon (N Minor Standstill) | 62.4° | — | 297.6° | — | |
| Moon (S Minor Standstill) | 117.6° | — | 242.4° | — |
| Landmark | Bearing | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| giza | 121.03° | 2,821 km |
| angkor wat | 75.13° | 9,523 km |
| nazca | 253.41° | 10,516 km |
| teotihuacan | 294.15° | 9,523 km |
| stonehenge | 316.47° | 797 km |
| gobekli tepe | 98.50° | 2,881 km |
| machu picchu | 252.74° | 10,207 km |
| easter island | 267.19° | 14,054 km |
| cahokia | 302.37° | 7,431 km |
| sedona | 312.80° | 9,061 km |
| mecca | 120.61° | 4,110 km |
| jerusalem | 112.55° | 2,963 km |
| vatican | 131.02° | 702 km |
| lhasa | 71.58° | 7,323 km |
| kailash | 76.46° | 6,498 km |
| uluru | 83.98° | 14,664 km |
| tiwanaku | 247.69° | 10,206 km |
| chaco canyon | 311.13° | 8,741 km |
| mt shasta | 323.41° | 9,021 km |
| levis stadium | 321.03° | 9,368 km |