Comments by "Scott Wallace" (@therealzilch) on "Johnny Harris"
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@socrates8495 Exactly what the night sky looks like from where and when is hard to explain in words. You are best off with a good visual aid such as Stellarium, which is a free program.
At any given time from any given place, you can see one half of the night sky (barring visibility problems, etc). But during the course of the night, more of the sky becomes visible as it rises, so unless you are at the North or South Pole (which always have the same night sky), you will see more than half the sky- at the Equator, you can see the entire sky in the course of one night.
And all the stars that are circumpolar for you- that is, stars at a declination above the complement of your latitude, meaning that they never set- are also visible at all times. So that all fits the globe.
So can you explain to me why I can never see the Southern Cross from here in Vienna at N48, nor could I see Polaris from Tanzania at S2 degrees? There's no drawing you can make of a flat Earth that doesn't include lines of sight to the Southern Cross and Polaris from anywhere on Earth. That's a fatal problem just by itself for the flat Earth.
But believe what you want. I don't really care what people believe, as long as they behave nicely.
cheers from overcast Austria, Scott
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@terryme3287 We've known the distance to, and thus the size of the Sun, pretty accurately, for about three hundred years, so you needn't invoke NASA. You can learn how it was done by searching "distance to Sun history". How do you know the size and distance of the Sun?
I imagine a torch above the flat Earth, and it would be visible all the time from everywhere- there would be no night. Try it yourself in a dark room- you will always be able to see the torch, even if it isn't pointing at you.
Lasers and other lights can often be seen further over the curve than one would think, especially over water, because of refraction. But after a certain point, everything distant from us on the surface of the Earth disappears behind the curve. And the Sun sets behind the curve too.
Water bends all the time, in response to the forces that act upon it. Level does not mean flat. The curve of water as it follows the globe can be seen in photos going back to 1946, also before NASA.
And yes, we did land astronauts on the Moon. Six times. That's a truth that doesn't set me free, but amazes and educates me.
But I don't really care what people believe, as long as they behave nicely. Cheers from snowy Waldviertel, Scott
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