Re: Starmapping software


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OK, so you agree that a calendrical correction is applied to the solar
time.


I had specifically requested that you leave the matter to those who can
appreciate how the transfer of the Equation of Time principles from its
pre-Copernican purpose of governing the creation of the 24 hour day and
its seamless transition to the next 24 hour hour day was adapted to its
heliocentric application to the principle of independent and constant
axial rotation.

I'll take that as a 'Yes' - the Equation of Time governs the return of the
sun in 24 hours by applying an adjustment to the true clock time. The
Equation of Time varies through the year, hence a calendrical adjustment is
needed.

If nobody can go so far as to acknowledge that it never was neccessary
to introduce celestial sphere geometry to arrive at the correlation of
axial rotation at 15 degrees per hour then there is absolutely nothing
I can do about it.It remains a horrendous error to justify the return
of a star in 23 hours 56 minutes 04 seconds using the axial and orbital
motions of the Earth but again,there is nothing I can do about that
either.

With accurate time measurement based on the 23 56 04 sidereal day there is
no need for an orbital 'correlation'. Sidereal day measurement is entirely
based on axial motion.

I can show you where the rubbish began with Maskelyne who opposed
Harrison and his chronometer which keeps the standard pace of a clock
in sync with axial rotation but my business is to promote the positive
side of astronomy and timekeeping and not strictly correcting clowns
like Maskelyne,Newton and Flamsteed .

Put the following title in the search field of the Royal Journals -

Some Remarks upon the Equation of Time, and the True Manner of
Computing

http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/(rglh3y55x100x5nyim4p0k45)/app/home/main.asp?referrer=default

This silly man is doing what you all do,make up whatever explanation
you think will fly without even bothering to make the effort to grasp
the exquisite and easy to understand two step process with one foot in
pre-Copernican astronomy and the other in heliocentric astronomy.



It is how the Equation of Time principles which govern the creation of
the 24 hour day get transfered to the heliocentric adaption for axial
rotation which is breathtaking in its genius and its intricacies.Having
delivered the insight by which the orbital motion of the Earth
resolved the observed motions of the planets, by dividing the Earth's
motions into seperate axial and orbital entities,these great
astronomers could then adapt the Equation of Time principles to axial
rotation in isolation.

Which great astronomers are these ? Please let's be specific.
And do you understand that the Equation of Time has nothing to do with
the
axial alignment of the Earth?

I have done what I could to promote astronomy in a contemporary
atmosphere which only recognises magnification as being the ultimate
ends of astronomy.Nobody is doing anything without the correct point of
departure for astronomy ,that being recognising the independent axial
rotation of the Earth and the cycle to which human existence is
closely tied to.

Once more, I am astonished by your hubris (at believing that you can define
for everyone the 'correct point of departure for astronomy') and your
ability to miss the point (the independence of the Earth's axial motion is
explicit only by reference to sidereal chronology).


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