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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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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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![]() 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 |
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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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![]() 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? Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers! Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html |
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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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For the record, "inexplicable"
Thanks, I will use this link myself at work.... probably several times a day ;-) |
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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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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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