Paul....i'm im purple now ... From "9 inverse colours.jpg" We know this path exists, it is in rotation about Polaris. The further the star is away from the axis of rotation the larger the circle path will be. This is my statment How do you reconcile this with your "NO! NO! NO! ..." statement above? How?... look at what you wrote... I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS. THE DAILY SET OF TRAILS IS CENTRED ON THE NCP WITH THE RADIUS OF EACH CIRCULAR ARC DEPENDANT UPON THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF THAT STAR FROM THE GEOGRAPHICAL POLAR AXIS The polar axis is not the nightly or celestial axis......There are two axis that is how...one is polar ( aka solar; NEP) The other is celestial (aka NCP nightly) you only address the nightly. Each star has not one but two differnet distances to the two axis one distance for the NEP the other for the NCP so there must be two different sizes... Also, I very carefully structured those two sentences above so as to describe the two axes. No you did not, try to combine the effects of the two axis into one.?..... You inserted your statement of denial right in the middle of these two sentences. this is what you said.. I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS. THE DAILY SET OF TRAILS IS CENTRED ON THE NCP WITH THE RADIUS OF EACH CIRCULAR ARC DEPENDANT UPON THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF THAT STAR FROM THE GEOGRAPHICAL POLAR AXIS. THE ANNUAL SET OF TRAILS IS CENTRED ON THE NEP WITH THE RADIUS OF EACH ARC DEPENDANT UPON THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF THAT STAR FROM THE ECLIPTIC POLAR AXIS. DEPENDING UPON THE WIDTH FIELD OF VIEW, MANY STARS MAY MAKE TRAILS IN EACH PHOTO RECORD. This is what you said..i dont understand what you are accusing me of..? The statement goes on to say "....... not just two rotations on the same axis! " Just where did you get the impossible idea that I think that there are two rotations on the same axis? HOW!? that is the net effect of your comment that is how.... otherwise each axis has a differnt distance to each star then the other axis...!? If each has a different distance then thethe two axis of roation cannot produce the same star trails that you keep asserting for the reason we cannot observe the annual...? By the way axes do not rotate -- objects rotate on them. Well Axis can rotate around other axis, that is what happens in the HC/AC modle!.......but i did not say the axis rotates anyway, i said rotation on axis, which refers to the objects that rotate..!?..... beside, untill you can graps what the two axis are and how those axis affect the distancees from stars and how that affects star trails that "point" would be meaningless. You see, your text and illustrations are riddled with this kind of ambiguity, conflict and error. No Paul you are confused and since you are confused you are attempting to ascribe your confusion to me...LOL If you want to communicate effectively ... well I really don't know what you can do but I'll keep trying anyway. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Paul D --------------------------------- National Bingo Night. Play along for the chance to win $10,000 every week. Download your gamecard now at Yahoo!7 TV. Allen Daves <allendaves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Paul, Im limiting my comments to these for now......because you are so mixed up on so many things i cant keep up you converge angle that should be diverging and make appeals to reason "a" for why we can't see the secondary motion. when i show you that is irrelevant then you appeal to reason "b" when i show you how "b" is irrelevant you go back to "a" or some reason "c' that is only true if "a" were correct.???????..............i can't wait to see Regners contortion.... 1.You say that two cameras are needed ...me:a camera in rotation about 2 axis you:NOT POSSIBLE -- YOU'D NEED TWO CAMERAS ..that is wrong..not only is it wrong, but demonstratably wrong!!! what in the world makes you think you would need two cameras or that the cameras need to be pointed along the axis in question?......any of the reason you have or could give would also negate our ability to see photos of nightlly star trails for any camera that was not pointed at the nightly axis...!? The number of Cameras is irrelevant only one is needed...you then go on and contridict everything you just stated there with........... me:offset from each other will be most discernable! you: AGAIN -- I KNOW THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOU GET THE IDEA THAT I DO NOT. well if you agree that one camera in rotation about two differnt axis is discernable from the same camera rotating on only one of thoes axis........ then what is your argument !?....why cant we see the second roation on the camera on the earth that is in the exact same rotaion...........only one camera is needed!? 2. I dont see how or what your diagram is showing us star trails or why we cant see them? 3. The experiment is attached here once more.... in two diagrams... Note unlike yours it uses the exact same angles as reality and will produce the secondary motion on both axis even using the real polaris and stars for distance.......The only differnce is the size of the roations ..However, as you keep "pounding" the earths orbital rotation diameter ( distance) will not change anything!...Thus that issue is moot in this model..particulary since even with that "handicap" (so much smaller then the real thing) it clearly shows the secondary motion......when the earth itself does not!!! 4. Me: no not similar trails but entirely different sizes for each star due to the different distance to the axis..stars cannot have the same distance from two axis offset by 23.44o simultaneously ..They would have to in order to explain why you cannot see them both..or you would have to explian how the nightly (smaller) rotation about the NCP has dominance over the NEP such that it is even possible to obscure that rotation if it existed, when you cannot reproduce such a obserdity with a replica model of the earth, sun &axis.....you: I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS. THE DAILY SET OF TRAILS IS CENTRED ON THE NCP WITH THE RADIUS OF EACH CIRCULAR ARC DEPENDANT UPON THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF THAT STAR FROM THE GEOGRAPHICAL POLAR AXIS.NO! NO! NO! There is more then one axis each with its own rate of real rotation....... not just two rotations on the same axis! You don't seem to grasp the basic mechanic of the whole thing.. or even worse the differnece between those two.......THE ANNUAL SET OF TRAILS IS CENTRED ON THE NEP WITH THE RADIUS OF EACH ARC DEPENDANT UPON THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF THAT STAR FROM THE ECLIPTIC POLAR AXIS. DEPENDING UPON THE WIDTH FIELD OF VIEW, MANY STARS MAY MAKE TRAILS IN EACH PHOTO RECORD Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Allen D I'm sorry to keep on about this but this is the situation - I'm asking these questions because I can't read half the text in the illustrations plus what I can is not clear. You keep referring to an experiment. I don't know what that experiment is. Most of what you have written here assumes that I am ignorant of many things of which I am not. I can't understand what you are saying in most of this post. I know what actions produce star trails. I have shown you how to produce an annual star trail which you either didn't grasp or simply rejected. You keep referring to a distance from the axis of rotation. This is a meaningless expression. Angular separation (of a star from the axis of rotation) is an accurate expression. Other problems. You don't like my continued use of illustrations for some reason but I use them because you don't seem to understand my questions. I'll try again -- there is a picture attached -- ThePlank.png. I don't want a long rambling explanation -- sentences like those above would be nice. Why won't both daily and annual star trails be be produced from this setup? I still don't perceive an answer to the question "How have annual star trails been searched for and found to be not present? I've inserted some comments below in this colour. You need not respond to everything below -- I've put them there to indicate the level of my confusion about what you are saying. Paul D PS I hope this illustration is clear but I'll make a couple of points. I know it is impractical in reality -- it is only for explanatory purposes. The Earth is doing its thing rotating once per sidereal day and the camera nailed to the planet remains firmly fixed on Earth's axis of rotation. It will record one complete circular trail in one sidereal day. The Earth is pulling a plank around the Earth's orbit to which is nailed a camera firmly oriented along the Ecliptic Disk Axis. It will record one complete circular trail in 365.25 mean solar days. Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Allen D I'm sorry to keep on about this but this is the situation - I'm asking these questions because I can't read half the text in the illustrations plus what I can is not clear. You keep referring to an experiment. I don't know what that experiment is. Most of what you have written here assumes that I am ignorant of many things of which I am not. I can't understand what you are saying in most of this post. I know what actions produce star trails. I have shown you how to produce an annual star trail which you either didn't grasp or simply rejected. You keep referring to a distance from the axis of rotation. This is a meaningless expression. Angular separation (of a star from the axis of rotation) is an accurate expression. Other problems. You don't like my continued use of illustrations for some reason but I use them because you don't seem to understand my questions. I'll try again -- there is a picture attached -- ThePlank.png. I don't want a long rambling explanation -- sentences like those above would be nice. Why won't both daily and annual star trails be be produced from this setup? I still don't perceive an answer to the question "How have annual star trails been searched for and found to be not present? I've inserted some comments below in this colour. You need not respond to everything below -- I've put them there to indicate the level of my confusion about what you are saying. Paul D PS I hope this illustration is clear but I'll make a couple of points. I know it is impractical in reality -- it is only for explanatory purposes. The Earth is doing its thing rotating once per sidereal day and the camera nailed to the planet remains firmly fixed on Earth's axis of rotation. It will record one complete circular trail in one sidereal day. The Earth is pulling a plank around the Earth's orbit to which is nailed a camera firmly oriented along the Ecliptic Disk Axis. It will record one complete circular trail in 365.25 mean solar days. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ----- Original Message ---- From: Allen Daves <allendaves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, 8 November, 2007 5:20:56 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: magnitude of scale. I answerer both your questions..... :-) Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Allen D Since JA is away for a bit, may I attempt to entertain you in the interim? I looked back over that collection of drawings you sent me ... From Allen Daves Tue Nov 6 19:36:53 2007. I couldn't help concluding after a quick scan that you seem to be describing things the way I have been describing them for some time and the way JA has been describing them recently. Realy ..i got the impressin that you were bouncing between arguments never mind they are mutualy exclusive.....so i address them all ...... This is that, if heliocentricity is the reality, then star trails around the NCP (as observed -- no argument here) will be evident, Yes no matter what time of year or how long the exposures are taken as it will be a photo graph of the same thing, all year long....... GOOD - WE AGREE as will similar trails (different stars but still -- big argument) around the NEP, no not similar trails but entirely different sizes for each star due to the different distance to the axis..stars cannot have the same distance from two axis offset by 23.44o simultaneously ..They would have to in order to explain why you cannot see them both..or you would have to explian how the nightly (smaller) rotation about the NCP has dominance over the NEP such that it is even possible to obscure that rotation if it existed, when you cannot reproduce such a obserdity with a replica model of the earth, sun &axis..... I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS. THE DAILY SET OF TRAILS IS CENTRED ON THE NCP WITH THE RADIUS OF EACH CIRCULAR ARC DEPENDANT UPON THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF THAT STAR FROM THE GEOGRAPHICAL POLAR AXIS. THE ANNUAL SET OF TRAILS IS CENTRED ON THE NEP WITH THE RADIUS OF EACH ARC DEPENDANT UPON THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF THAT STAR FROM THE ECLIPTIC POLAR AXIS. DEPENDING UPON THE WIDTH FIELD OF VIEW, MANY STARS MAY MAKE TRAILS IN EACH PHOTO RECORD. but that because the latter is not observed, then heliocentricity is shown to be false. Is this the nub of the argument? You see, some little time in the past, when I pointed out to you that the distance to these stars was such that no observer baseline possible could have any non trivial effect on the size and shape of these trails but you stated that even the latitude from which they were observed would have a noticeable effect. You haven't rescinded this statement but as I said, the impression I gained was that you are now basically wearing the clothes I laid out for you. You do see my predicament? I see your predicament, the problem is that you do not see your own predicament.... I stated that other MS scientist have made that statement as well...I also said that regardless of that issue...lets assume that is correct.... " the stars are too far away to affect the baseline."........for the sake of argument.... ..who cares!.....it is the distance ANGULAR SEPARATION of the star from the rotational axis not the distance to the star!!!!..I WHICH DETERMINES THE DIAMETER OF THE STAR TRAILS? WHERE WOULD YOU GET THE IDEA THAT I MIGHT THINK OTHERWISE? If the stars are too far away then scale is irrelevant for the diagrams.......If the stars are not too far away then the baseline would have an effect. Then there would be a whole another component of observable motion. In either case either one of those is a problem of HC that make it untenable...Those issues, which ever one you subscribe to, are not problems for me. Iâ??m simply showing you where the fault WHAT FAULT? lies no matter which side of that fence you want to sit on in this annual star trail issue..... Now if the nub of the argument in fact is as stated above -- that these trails have not been detected -- I have no knowledge of how you have attempted to detect them. Do the experiment..REFERRED TO ABOVE you can produce star trails even rotating a camera around a 12' disk..but your position is yes that is true..yes you can see rotation on a 6000 mile disk DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS ... but we cannot observe rotation on a 150million km disk...!?? OR THIS! What is so hard to understand the diagrams label it for you and show you how to construct a model of the earth sun axis of rotation with a camera..? It may be buried in the verbiage, but I can't see it. My impression is that you believe that the NEP centred star trails will be visible in photos of the NCP centred star trails taken on a single occasion but it is not clear. Is this so? This post contains two questions. I have no idea what you mean by a "single occasion" LIKE "AT MIDNIGHT" OR "TOMORROW AT NOON" -- A ONE OFF DEAL ....... the diagrams are pretty self explanatory.....try asking me a question about the diagrams ......This just is there is two axis of rotation those axis diverge not converge. WHERE WOULD YOU GET THE IDEA THAT I MIGHT THINK OTHERWISE? what produces a star trail is the distance ANGULAR SEPARATION of the star from the axis not the distance to the star WHERE WOULD YOU GET THE IDEA THAT I MIGHT THINK THIS?...all stars cannot be the same distance from both axis simultaneously.. WHERE WOULD YOU GET THE IDEA THAT I MIGHT THINK THIS?.If the rotation exist there must be two different sets for each star which in fact would just create a big blur.. SOMEHOW I DOUBT THAT but do the experiment even a casual attempt will demonstrate that a camera in rotation about 2 axis NOT POSSIBLE -- YOU'D NEED TWO CAMERAS offset from each other will be most discernable! AGAIN -- I KNOW THAT. 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