Sketchup Why you been keeping that a secret? We been needing this all along.. I'm going to check it out now... If it will just draw a circle or a square for emails yippee.. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Lewis To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 5:24 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Is geocentrism supported by facts? (Supplementary) Dear James, Was I wrong when I suggested that you had cracked the helio annual trail? I would have thought that Neville's planetarium model could be programmed to do an annual star trail. However it may be that it is too big a job to try and do with Neville's current resources. Have you ever heard of a drawing program by Google called 'Sketchup'? Its a free down load and it is very user friendly and intuitive. You can create illustrations in 3D live as it were. This could be a good tool to show these star trails. Why don't you download it and give it a try. I'll have a go with mine and see what I can come up with. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: j a To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 7:05 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Is geocentrism supported by facts? (Supplementary) Jack, It is difficult to imagine what something looks like when it involves such large distances and pre-conceived notions, but I'll tell you what I'm thinking. When we were disussing this a year or 2 ago, I was of the opinion that the double rotation was not a factor in star trails becuse the 2 baselines (1 au versus earths radius) are not different enough in size compared to the star distance. I could visualize it so easily. What I failed to know then that Ya'll have made known to me now, is that the 2 rotations have different axis. That being said, it should look like a spirograph. The edge (or a point) on the nightly circle should trace out a different circle over a year. The small nightly Polaris circle should trace out a larger annual circle, while a star with a large nightly circle would trace out a smaller annual circle. Use your drawing Jack, take any one of the nightly circles and roll it around the circumference of the annual circle it touches. If you were able to take a yearlong exposure of a single star it should look like a giant donut. Polaris would make a skinny donut with a large hole. Thats how I'm seeing it right now, subject to change, as I continue to try to visualize the mechanics. I'm trying to wrap my head around this and I'm also trying to consider whether the minor sine wave like motion that the observer would traverse with the annual axis would make any difference or if I used a more eliptical obit, it seems to be just beyond my brains ability. I think we should get some computer expert (hint hint) to program this visual effect for all to see what we should see if A-centrism be true. If only we knew someone with programming experience with graphics and planetery motion (hint hint). If only, if only. Is anyone aware of someone like that? JA... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.16/1102 - Release Date: 31/10/2007 4:38 PM