No they are not the same..there is a differnce in rotaion aound the celestial axis (bottom) and just looking at the celestial axis while in rotation (TOP)..one is translational the other is not........rotation is a fuction of xy around z thoes variable are not identical in both diagrams........look again they are not the same....I think i hjust found where the difficulty for you is.. j a <ja_777_aj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: May I point out that if the basline is zero - then both drawings are exactly the same. Allen Daves <allendaves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The point of the non HC drawing is simply that although that is not how the HC folk would describe the mechanics of HC, that is the only mechanics that would allow and are capable of replicating the nightly motion in the annual orbital motion with no other motions perceivable and no distinction between the two! Therefore, although no one would draw the solar system that way (bottom drawing) that is the only way that you can archive hiding the annual motion behind the nightly and making them indistinguishable from each other. The point of the top drawing is that it cannot and will not replicated the nightly without demonstrating a secondary annual motion. As I said the two drawings are not equivalent. The reason the top drawing is not capable of hiding the annual motion in the nightly (as the bottom can and would) is that rotation is s function of x& y vectors around the z axis. If the two vectors and z axis do not say constant then they cannot produce the same thing as the nighty rotation where all three variables do stay constant. You see the slight of hand that HC uses is the failure to point out that not only is the orbital motion of the celestial axis transnational but they imply that the annual orbit itself rides the 23 degree plane (That is why there examples try to emphasize and get you to look at and only focus on the change in latitude of the camera around the earth annually and how that "rides" the 23.44 degree celestial plane) The top drawing depicts a camera that rotates in one direction while looking at another. The problem is it is backwards from what it would have to be it were to hid the annual motion. It rotates in a different direction then the nightly while looking at the nightly. While the bottom drawing is a camera the is looking at the nightly rotation while in a orbit that also mimics the nightly rotation. The two drawings are not equivalent and only the bottom one is and would hide and make the annual and nightly indistinguishable from each other. I attach it here again for any late comers....... Jack Lewis <jack.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear Allen, Just a point of clarification. In the 'non HC' drawing the camera is in one position whilst the earth rotates below it. Is this deliberate or should the camera positions be the same as the 'HC' drawing? This would mean that the ONLY difference between the two drawings is the angle of the ecliptic with respect to the stars. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen Daves To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:44 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: 2 Axes of rotation - drawing brand new for you One last thing, for the evening.....They say a picture speaks a thousand words...... Hopefully you will all be able to see this....brand new attached diagram. it illustrates the fundamental error in your argument........... --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.