Post by Joshua Alvarez on May 5, 2016 19:41:08 GMT
It was recently brought to my attention that you could map out the entire sky on a celestial sphere inside the concave earth using Stellarium. So, I did. But as I did, I noticed an interesting celestial connection between the apparent celestial bodies (excluding the fixed stars), and the Milky Way Band.
In order to see what I'm talking about, you need to see it for yourself in Stellarium. So first, Download and install Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org).
Next, open it up. It should look something like this:
It's just a landscape with a chunk of sky.
Next, move your mouse to the left side of the screen, and click on "Location window":
Change the Latitude, Longitude, and Elevation to 0:
You can close out of that window. Now, click on "Sky and viewing options window":
Change the settings to look like this:
Switch to the "Markings" Tab and change the settings to look like this:
Switch to the "Landscape" Tab and change the settings to look like this:
You can close out of that window now. Now, zoom out until the FOV (noted at the bottom) is 180 degrees, and adjust the view (with your mouse and keyboard arrows) until the North is at the Top, the South at the Bottom, the East At the Left, and the West on the Right. And make sure also to have the green and blue lines going directly vertical and horizontal, respectively.
Now, click on "Date/time window":
And change the date to the Summer Solstice (June 20 for this year 2016), and change the time to Noon GMT (change to your time zone if necessary). It should now look like this:
Now, simply move the time box to the side (don't close it!) and click directly on the "Day" slot. Now you can quickly zoom through time by pressing and holding the UP or DOWN arrow key on your keyboard. This should show you the analemma. Notice how the sun seems to reverse its vertical direction whenever it crosses through the Milky Way band (which should be a brown line in the window). Not only that, but the moon seems to also reverse its daily vertical direction whenever it crosses this band. NOT ONLY THAT, but all the planets seem to ALSO reverse direction when they hit the band. Thoughts? Speculations? Disagreements?
In order to see what I'm talking about, you need to see it for yourself in Stellarium. So first, Download and install Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org).
Next, open it up. It should look something like this:
It's just a landscape with a chunk of sky.
Next, move your mouse to the left side of the screen, and click on "Location window":
Change the Latitude, Longitude, and Elevation to 0:
You can close out of that window. Now, click on "Sky and viewing options window":
Change the settings to look like this:
Switch to the "Markings" Tab and change the settings to look like this:
Switch to the "Landscape" Tab and change the settings to look like this:
You can close out of that window now. Now, zoom out until the FOV (noted at the bottom) is 180 degrees, and adjust the view (with your mouse and keyboard arrows) until the North is at the Top, the South at the Bottom, the East At the Left, and the West on the Right. And make sure also to have the green and blue lines going directly vertical and horizontal, respectively.
Now, click on "Date/time window":
And change the date to the Summer Solstice (June 20 for this year 2016), and change the time to Noon GMT (change to your time zone if necessary). It should now look like this:
Now, simply move the time box to the side (don't close it!) and click directly on the "Day" slot. Now you can quickly zoom through time by pressing and holding the UP or DOWN arrow key on your keyboard. This should show you the analemma. Notice how the sun seems to reverse its vertical direction whenever it crosses through the Milky Way band (which should be a brown line in the window). Not only that, but the moon seems to also reverse its daily vertical direction whenever it crosses this band. NOT ONLY THAT, but all the planets seem to ALSO reverse direction when they hit the band. Thoughts? Speculations? Disagreements?