I've added some comments in red Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Philip M Short interspersions in this colour[]. Actually -- you use the term 'trails' but your methods suggest single 'instaneous' snapshots which will show only the positions of the stars in the field of view. I've assumed this is what you intended. Paul D ----- Original Message ---- From: philip madsen <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, 7 November, 2007 6:44:32 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Regner concedes?  I have tried very hard to comprehend what we were all attempting to do. Yes in the beginning I thought we had something.. ..so I will ask you to answer two simple questions. 1. If we take a picture of polaris from the same position and time on earth and with the same angle of observation , once in January, and again 6 months later. How will those pictures differ from each other ? I assume you mean the that your tripod setup of the camera will not be touched or altered between the two shots? For simplicity lets assume your camera points straight up. Your camera is facing an angle, call it X degrees, off of the polar axis. In six months the camera will be negative X degrees off of the polar axis and rotated by 180 degrees. If you overlaid the two photos you would have 2 points of the nightly circle polaris can produce every night. 2. If we take the pictures again at the same times with a different angle of observation, aimed at the ecliptic if you wish, How will those differ from each other? I get confused by the proper terminology, do you mean pointed to the annual axis? In this case you would get 2 points of the annual circle. The annual circle can only be recorded by altering the camera's angle with every shot to correct for the earth rotating with a different axis (the nightly). I should point out that in the case of Geocentrism, this would still work. In fact, this method could be used to record star trails around any axis. It does not prove HC. I maintain that both pictures in exercise 1 will be identical except that the star will show up on a different spot of the daily trail you have for reference taken under the same conditions. [Absolutely] Yes Further that both pictures in exercise 2 though different from those in exercise 1., will be identical, except the star also will be on different spots of the daily trail you have kept for reference taken also under the same conditions. [Absolutely] No, see above. You are changing the angle that the camera points, so a star in the heavens will be moved by the same angle in your photo. The two different trails will not be the same size due to the camera angle change. [Sorry - no. It is the angular separation between any two stars which determines the distance apart.] Yes, this is correct. One is a proper method of recording the nightly and the other is the way to record the annual. But this has nothing to do with the position from which the pics are taken, ie 2 AU apart. [Almost true. Parallax may make a tiny tiny difference]. Correct, the distance to the star makes the baseline basically 0. Which I think makes no difference. correct. The difference I think we are trying to detect for HC , is whether the earth rotates in one solar day or in one sidereal day. It rotates in both, or should I say both are definitions of period of the movement regarding the rotation of the earth as it revolves around the sun. Whats that? How many sidereal days are there in a 365 solar day year? [366.] Am I confused or on a star trek er trail. Phil. ----- Original Message ----- From: Neville Jones To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 4:32 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Regner concedes? Philip, With respect, and despite your trifold repetition posting, it is not Allen but yourself who misses the point, because you comment upon, "our inability to visualise why a camera will not detect which system is actually moving." In this comment you simply assert that the camera cannot detect something which you assume is there. But the camera could detect it, the reason it does not is because the second component of motion is not there. This second component of motion is NOT equivalent WITH RESPECT TO THE BACKGROUND STARS between heliocentric and geocentric models. The camera does detect what is moving, that is the entire point. Regner, as far as I am aware, since I was away at the time, wanted some proof of geocentrism did he not? Here it is. One set of star trails predicted by geocentrism and two sets predicted by heliocentrism, for exactly the same reasons. What do we observe? One set. So which model is demonstrably wrong? Uhmmm, difficult question. What you are doing is quoting effects which are explainable in both systems. What we are doing is offering a proof of one system over another. Something which cannot be explained away in the heliocentric model or, if it can, Regner has not yet attempted to do it. Neville www.GeocentricUniverse.com -----Original Message----- From: pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:02:19 +1000 Allen You seem to have missed that this is exactly what I said... What you and miss is the fact "that newton does not pretend to know why they act the way they act. Newton does not know what the mechanical force is...he is only explaing it..his laws are descritptions of observation " Allen You seem to have missed that this is exactly what I said Allen You seem to have missed that this is exactly what I said Allen You seem to have missed that this is exactly what I said And that is why I also said such has no bearing on the question..as regards Geocentrism being explainable within his "laws are exact descritptions of observation" .. and I also said, and will say it three times again, "We have known about, and discussed this here for years, why do we keep running away from it? " We have known about, and discussed this here for years, why do we keep running away from it? We have known about, and discussed this here for years, why do we keep running away from it? You went into a long winded nothing that failed to eplain what is observed , namely the world reacts against a flywheel, and therefore must be moving according to all the known mechanical laws of science.. You seem to have missed what I also said, so I'll say again it three times.. In Newtonian physics thats the proof of the HC system. In Newtonian physics thats the proof of the HC systemIn Newtonian physics thats the proof of the HC system.. and We need to fault Newtons laws and prove it, to win this debate.. I'm hoping Robert with GWW can do that. We need to fault Newtons laws and prove it, to win this debate.. I'm hoping Robert with GWW can do that. We need to fault Newtons laws and prove it, to win this debate.. I'm hoping Robert with GWW can do that. And you and me and all are not going to do that by talking about illusions caused by our inability to visualise why a camera will not detect which system is actually moving.. Nor will we do that by repeating over and over that Newton is wrong, unless you can prove he is wrong and supply an acceptable alternative theory.. I'm hoping Robert with GWW can do that. I'm hoping Robert with GWW can do that. I'm hoping Robert with GWW can do that. Now please go back and DO the flywheel experiment for an hour.. not think about it ... do it.. Philip. --------------------------------- Get Free 5GB Email â?? Check out spam free email with many cool features! Visit http://www.inbox.com/email to find out more! No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.21/1109 - Release Date: 4/11/2007 11:05 AM --------------------------------- National Bingo Night. Play along for the chance to win $10,000 every week. Download your gamecard now at Yahoo!7 TV. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com