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Old January 22nd 19, 05:04 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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Default A true engineering achievement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VVCiPp67vI&t=206s

The only other time we can look at the inner solar system and the Sun is during a solar eclipse yet here, in the form of a satellite, humanity has created artificial conditions that allow humanity to witness a spectacle that can only be loved by those who can love.

How wonderful it will be when filters capture the orbital motion of the Earth via the changes in position of the stars from left to right of our central star or the motions of the faster and slower moving planets which have their own distinct traits within the timelapse. It is a matter of tidying up the spectacle without changing anything substantial so it is just an issue as to how long the complete explanation makes it into wider circulation.