Critique This [re: Gospels]

[Gorsnak]

As I expected, the earth’s rotational axis is still pointed straight at Polaris. Polaris is the bright single point. The two brightest streaks to the left are Ursa Minor Gamma (top) and Beta (bottom, aka Kochab.) The rest of the streaks match up perfectly with the pattern in the linked wiki constellation map, albeit rotated. Reviewing the exif data (which you can see if you click on the link to the left of the photo saying what camera it was taken with), I see the clock in my camera is about an hour fast. The image was take from approx 11:34-11:44pm CST, which you’re free to line up with a star map app setting your location to Saskatoon. Camera was approximately level left to right, but certainly not perfectly.

Also, holy light pollution Batman.

[Mangetout]

@Gorsnak

As I expected, the earth’s rotational axis is still pointed straight at Polaris. Polaris is the bright single point.

Yeah, but maybe that’s only the Earth’s Axis for your location! You’re not an Inuit, or a visitor from whatever planet chappy lives on.

[Gorsnak]

Well, it’s true this shot of the pole star couldn’t be taken from the southern hemisphere. Maybe you’re onto something…

[Mangetout]

@Gorsnak

Well, it’s true this shot of the pole star couldn’t be taken from the southern hemisphere. Maybe you’re onto something…

Was it Gene Ray (Timecube guy) that claimed the Earth’s two hemispheres were rotating in opposite directions? (or was it someone here?)

[Little_Nemo]

@Mangetout

Was it Gene Ray (Timecube guy) that claimed the Earth’s two hemispheres were rotating in opposite directions? (or was it someone here?)

Isn’t that sort of true? If you were stationary up in space above the north pole and you looked down at the Earth, it would be rotating counter-clockwise. If you were looking down from above the south pole, it would be rotating clockwise.

I should probably point out that it’s 3:30 in the morning and I’m trying to work this all out in my head.

[Steken]

Hey chappy, might I ask if you belong to any specific group/network/church/party which believes the things you believe?

[Mangetout]

@Little_Nemo

Isn’t that sort of true? If you were stationary up in space above the north pole and you looked down at the Earth, it would be rotating counter-clockwise. If you were looking down from above the south pole, it would be rotating clockwise.

Yes, but that’s not what he meant - he was claiming that the sun rises in the west for people in the southern hemisphere.

[Lumpy]

[sarcasm]Facts are opinions with power.[/sarcasm]

[Mangetout]

@Gorsnak

As I expected, the earth’s rotational axis is still pointed straight at Polaris. Polaris is the bright single point. The two brightest streaks to the left are Ursa Minor Gamma (top) and Beta (bottom, aka Kochab.) The rest of the streaks match up perfectly with the pattern in the linked wiki constellation map, albeit rotated. Reviewing the exif data (which you can see if you click on the link to the left of the photo saying what camera it was taken with), I see the clock in my camera is about an hour fast. The image was take from approx 11:34-11:44pm CST, which you’re free to line up with a star map app setting your location to Saskatoon. Camera was approximately level left to right, but certainly not perfectly.

So the question for chappy is: How do you think it is possible for the rising/setting of the sun to behave erratically, as you claim, at the same time as the the Earth’s axis of rotation remaining aligned with Polaris?

I guess if something moved the sun significantly out of the plane of the ecliptic (up to 1 AU maybe), but I think the gravitational effects of something like that would be quite catastrophic for the whole solar system, and again, it would be noticeable to everyone on the planet, not just a few people here and there.

[Gorsnak]

Well this is kinda cool! I was just reviewing the other shots from the night before last (took a bit to get the best aperture to balance picking up faint stars with exposing the light pollution, not to mention aiming at stars not visible in the viewfinder) - and I see this one and think what the heck is that streak on my monitor glass. Wait a minute, that’s in the image. It’s a blinking satellite in a polar orbit. Way too dim to see with the naked eye. Only the brightest half dozen or so stars in the image could be seen in the light conditions, and the satellite is much much dimmer.

This is completely irrelevant to the topic of the thread, but I thought it was nifty.
Plus chappy hasn’t acknowledged my efforts yet.