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Old March 21st 05, 02:21 PM
Oriel36
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Appreceating the astronomical Equinox occurs at dawn and dusk as the
Earth's axial longitude coordinates run parallel with its orbital
orientation at 90 degrees to the Sun.

As axial tilt remains constant,cataloguers generally prefer some
perceived change in Equatorial orientation to the Sun and dilute the
relevence of the Equinox to hemispherical climate division between
summer/winter.

The Equinox is the exquisite means to appreceate Kepler's second law
as the Earth's changing orbital orientation intersects the axial polar
coordinates and for a while the alignment of axial rotational
longitude coordinates and orbital orientation run parallel with each
other.

As cataloguers introduce an axial tilt component into the Equation of
Time and follow the significance of a 17th century cataloguing
creation called the analemma,one of the greatest astronomical
alignments in the annual cycle goes unappreceated.

I alone enjoy the spectacle while the rest of you remain stuck with
hemispherical seasonal changes in climate,unfortunately you prevent
the rest of humanity from enjoying a great astronomical spectacle and
teach only a diluted cataloguers view.

Why don't you lot change to sci.astro.cataloguing as a true reflection
of what you do rather than imagine that it is astronomy.
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Old March 21st 05, 02:23 PM
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Appreceating the astronomical Equinox occurs at dawn and dusk as the
Earth's axial longitude coordinates run parallel with its orbital
orientation at 90 degrees to the Sun.

http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/astronom...ages/04f15.jpg


As axial tilt remains constant,cataloguers generally prefer some
perceived change in Equatorial orientation to the Sun and dilute the
relevence of the Equinox to hemispherical climate division between
summer/winter.


The Equinox is the exquisite means to appreceate Kepler's second law
as the Earth's changing orbital orientation intersects the axial polar
coordinates and for a while the alignment of axial rotational
longitude coordinates and orbital orientation run parallel with each
other.


As cataloguers introduce an axial tilt component into the Equation of
Time and follow the significance of a 17th century cataloguing
creation called the analemma,one of the greatest astronomical
alignments in the annual cycle goes unappreceated.


I alone enjoy the spectacle while the rest of you remain stuck with
hemispherical seasonal changes in climate,unfortunately you prevent
the rest of humanity from enjoying a great astronomical spectacle and
teach only a diluted cataloguers view.


Why don't you lot change to sci.astro.cataloguing as a true reflection
of what you do rather than imagine that it is astronomy.

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Old March 21st 05, 04:21 PM
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Oriel36 wrote:


Why don't you lot change to sci.astro.cataloguing as a true

reflection
of what you do rather than imagine that it is astronomy.


Here you go:

http://www.userfriendly.org/illiad/wtf.jpg

;-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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Old March 21st 05, 05:30 PM
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RMOLLISE wrote:
Oriel36 wrote:


Why don't you lot change to sci.astro.cataloguing as a true

reflection
of what you do rather than imagine that it is astronomy.


Here you go:

http://www.userfriendly.org/illiad/wtf.jpg

;-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html


Rod,

Have you used this response before and I just missed it? Absolutely
funny (and appropriate in this case...)

Erik
socalsw

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Old March 21st 05, 05:59 PM
RMOLLISE
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Erik wrote:


Rod,

Have you used this response before and I just missed it? Absolutely
funny (and appropriate in this case...)

Erik
socalsw


HI Erik:

No...mostly on folks on my work email system who send me
dumb/inexplicalbe emails... ;-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
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Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

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Old March 21st 05, 05:59 PM
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Erik wrote:


Rod,

Have you used this response before and I just missed it? Absolutely
funny (and appropriate in this case...)

Erik
socalsw


HI Erik:

No...mostly on folks on my work email system who send me
dumb/inexplicible emails... ;-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

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Old March 21st 05, 10:33 PM
Mark
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For the record, "inexplicable"

Thanks, I will use this link myself at work.... probably several times
a day ;-)

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Old March 22nd 05, 02:17 AM
RMOLLISE
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Mark wrote:
For the record, "inexplicable"


Hi:

IBLEs/ABLES have always been my spelling demons. ;-)

Peace,
Rod

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Old March 23rd 05, 12:26 AM
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Speaking of which...

Telescopes.com (not Orion) is having a Spring Solstice Sale.
Hmm....should I buy astro equipment from an outfit that doesn't know an
equinox from a solstice?...just a thought.

 




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