Re: Help with a Moon question
From: DrPostman (Looky_at_mysig.foremail)
Date: 12/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:05:24 GMT
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:06:04 -0500, John Popelish <jpopelish@rica.net>
in accordance with The Prophecy scribed:
>I suspect the person in question has been observing the Moon with a
>Dob scope, moving mostly the alt axis while the Moon rises or sets
>(little apparent rotation of the image from this), but rotating the az
>axis as the Moon passes through zenith (this rotates the Moon's image
>by the amount of the az rotation).
>Standing (the direction you are facing is your az axis and the tilt of
>your neck is your alt axis) and looking at the Moon causes the same
>effect, though it may not be as obvious because of the other
>orientation clues you notice in your field of vision. By eliminating
>one axis, you essentially eliminate the effect. So I suggested laying
>down in a fixed position and just using your neck to keep the moon in
>view. If your feet point to the east, the Moon rises over your toes
>and sets over the top of your head, but its orientation relative to
>your body remains essentially unrotated.
>
>I agree with your refinement, but I suspect that is goes way over the
>head (pardon the pun) of the person in question.
Sadly he is using no equipment at all, and so far has claimed that
I should be the one offering my observations instead of anyone
else correcting his. He's dancing around the fact that he's
wrong, and can't admit it.
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