I think he needs to go outside of a night, once in a while, and look up.

That wont cost him anything, either.

Careful. You'll spook the horses!

boxy wrote on Feb 27^th, 2016 at 10:31pm:




If he did he's see that we are part of a double planet system -

the Earth & the Moon.

boxy wrote on Feb 27^th, 2016 at 7:43pm:


many blessings

in a globe earth it would be impossible to see that pattern around polaris

from near the equator ..

you should only be able to see that pattern directly at the nth pole

it would / should / could not appear in that geometrical construct at the equator .. in this factual reality

many remain clueless and just accept that they see the same star trail that you do at the nth pole

which is the only place you should see it and so

in a globe earth you cannot logically see that pattern at the equator ..because you are supposedly rotating on a globe earth at over 1000 miles per hr ..

so how can this star trail exist at the equator ?

quite simply it cannot for we are not on a globe earth


yet when confronted people would rather poke fun at the one bringing this fact as they attempt , in vain

so cling to some type of group mind think and save their warped belief system of lies and any non logic

that confronts their mesmerismic consciousness


and so be it , as all are forgiven

so be at peace

namaste

The Stars from Other Locations

I've described the stellar motions as they appear from my home in Ogden, Utah, at a latitude of 41° north of the equator. What about other locations?

Moving east or west makes no difference, except to determine when you see things. If you live farther east, you'll see any given star rise and set sooner; if you live farther west, each star rises and sets later. We compensate for these differences, in an approximate way, by setting our clocks according to different time zones.

Moving north or south is more interesting. The farther north you go, the higher in the sky you'll see the north celestial pole and the stars around it—and the lower all the stars will appear in the south. In fact, the angle between your northern horizon and the north celestial pole is precisely equal to your latitude.

For example, in Ogden the north celestial pole is 41° above my northern horizon, but if you're in Anchorage, Alaska, the angle is 61°. At the earth's north pole, you would see the north celestial pole straight overhead, and the celestial equator would lie along your horizon, so you would never see any stars rise or set; they would just move in counter-clockwise circles if you're facing upward, or horizontally to the right if you're facing the horizon. Stars below your horizon (that is, south of the celestial equator) would always be hidden from your view.

On the other hand, if you travel south to Mexico City, you'll see the north celestial pole only 19° above your northern horizon. The Big Dipper will no longer always be visible, setting in the northwest and rising in the northeast instead. But in the southern sky, you'll see stars that are never visible in Utah, including the famous Southern Cross.

Farther south, at earth's equator, the north celestial pole lies on the northern horizon, and the celestial equator passes straight overhead. From here, as the constellations rise in the east, they appear to head straight up, rather than along a diagonal. In the west, they head straight down as they set. Even more stars are visible in the southern sky, making clockwise half-circles about a point on the southern horizon, the south celestial pole.

From the southern hemisphere, you can't see the north celestial pole at all. The south celestial pole, however, will appear above your southern horizon, by an angle equal to your southern latitude. Stars rising in the east will head upward and to the left, toward the northern sky. The celestial equator will also pass through the northern sky, lower and lower as you head farther south.

Finally, if you visit earth's south pole, you'll see the south celestial pole straight overhead, with the stars making clockwise circles around it. The celestial equator will lie on your horizon, with the stars moving parallel to it, from right to left. You always see the same half of the celestial sphere, completely distinct from the half that you would see from earth's north pole.

The explanation for all these effects is simply that the earth's surface is curved. So when you travel to a different location, your horizon tilts with respect to the stars. Today every school child is taught that the earth is (approximately) a sphere. Even in ancient times, however, astute travelers realized that the changes in the stars as you travel north or south must be caused by the curvature of the earth. The ancient Greeks even reasoned that the earth must be a sphere, and thus pictured the universe as a pair of spheres: an enormous celestial sphere, carrying the stars around us once a day, and the much smaller spherical earth, fixed at the center of the universe.

boxy wrote on Feb 27^th, 2016 at 7:43pm:


many blessings

in a globe earth it would be impossible to see that pattern around polaris

from near the equator ..

you should only be able to see that pattern directly at the nth pole

it would / should / could not appear in that geometrical construct at the equator .. in this factual reality