The language of astronomy in the 21st century

What makes this era so special is the availability of time lapse or imaging where astronomical observations taken over months are then condensed into a few minutes or even seconds. This availability on any laptop or mobile device introduces the wider population to the astronomical insights of the great astronomers across thousands of years while reserving appreciation for the role magnification plays by helping elevate and explain the progression of insights.

Obviously people are so beaten down with theoretical voodoo that they rarely encounter the true form of astronomy and the way these images relate many different narratives that resonates with the individual. In a way it is like the individual works that comprise the library of books known as the Bible insofar as the works between pre-Christian and Christian stories vary in terms of perspectives which mirror the shift from an Earth centered perspective to that of a moving Earth. Always up for expansion and modification there are no fixed 'laws' however there is discipline and care to see the shortcomings of older perspectives and the possibilities of new insights.

It is already too late to make a difference this time around with the recurring astronomical event where an extra day and rotation closes out 4 annual circuits that began on March 1st 2012, at least to the nearest rotation. It is hopeful that 2020 will be different and people will get behind the explanation which can be used as a foundation for another great shift - the partitioning of the inner and outer planets by perspectives as to how we see them orbit the Sun.

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Some people are simply ahead of the game and the great challenges that present themselves with all this imaging in front of them.