Telescope in Lord Of The Rings: ROTK!

"Pat OConnell" wrote in message
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Kilolani wrote:

Having read the books 28 times, I have to agree. The Two Towers, for
example, took one chapter of the book (Helm's Deep) and streched it to
over
1 hour on the screen. Needless to say, they dropped a HUGE portion of
the
storyline for that. Also the charaters in the book are pretty much
archetypical... Aragorn and Faramir are poet, historian, warriors...
unfailingly noble. Peter Jackson rendered Faramir as little more than a
bumbling bully. I'm almost reticent to see the third movie, but if it
has a
telescope, I suppose I should.

The elves were, it seems, great astronomers. My 12.5" Dob is named
Morwinyon, the Elvish name for Arcturus--roughly translated as "the
glint at
twilight."

So what star is Earendil?


My guess... and it is jsut a guess... Canopus.