From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:22:48 +1000
Subject: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry
G'day guys, This is going to sound weird, but I just happened to wonder how different the constellations would be on Mars? I don't just mean exact positions in teh sky etc, but the actual shapes. The stars are so far away, so is the distance between Eath and Mars going to matter heaps? Cheers Beth
From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:31:48 -0400
Subject: Re: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry
> G'day guys, > From where you are in Australia, go look at the California
From: Thomas.Granvold@E... (Tom Granvold)
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 17:33:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry
Beth asked: > G'day guys, Consider this, the diameter of the Earth's orbit is greater than the difference between the diameter's of the earth's and Mars' orbits. Therefore the change in position of the Earth every 6 months will have a greater effect on how the constellations will look than going from the Earth to Mars will. Without using instruments that can make precise measurments, you won't see any difference on Mars than on Earth. Enjoy,
From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:47:21 +1000
Subject: Re: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry
G'day Mr M'Spaceman'k > Ohhhh, man, now you want me to go dig up my lab in order to demonstrate Don't do anything drastic on my account! I have to move office next month - not looking forward to that!!!! > Simple answer: no difference between what you see on Earth - and what That's what I thought, just wanted to be 100% sure. Thanks. > I'll dig up the info later if anyone is truly interested in doing for Something to freak my kids out with hey?;) Thanks Beth
From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:56:18 +1000
Subject: Re: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry
G'day laserlight, everybody, OK OK guys thanks!!!!! > From where you are in Australia, go look at the California I'm in the office, but I guess this should still work.... ....sorry can't see it, Fiji got in the way;P Sorry, slow boring day - I hate NETCDF and MATLAB!!!!!!! Beth
From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:29:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry
Hi, Beth! > This is going to sound weird, but I just happened to wonder how Ohhhh, man, now you want me to go dig up my lab in order to demonstrate for you just how far away things are in space. ;-) Simple answer: no difference between what you see on Earth - and what you would see on any of the planets in the solar system. The stars are just too damned far away for there to be ANY noticeable difference in the small, dinky, compact area that is Our Solar System(tm). I'll dig up the info later if anyone is truly interested in doing for themselves measurements to demonstrate distances between the planets and stars. Mk
From: Michael Llaneza <maserati@e...>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:01:02 -0700
Subject: Re: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry
> At 8:31 PM -0400 10/13/99, Laserlight wrote: Laserlight wins a prize for the most cogent and concise explanation of anything that I've seen for months.
From: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@i...>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 23:39:15 -0400
Subject: Re: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry
> From where you are in Australia, go look at the California hear, hear!