NOW THEN..........

[Davyred]

I love nowt better on a clear winter night, looking at the stars.
I always ask people where is the north star? and the same old
reply !! its the brightest one.
Who knows where it is.

To the North?

 

[TC]

Some cracking star-scapes during the Winter, Tony

Never realised just how common \"shooting stars\" are until I took up fishing during the night.

The North Star...............
No, it\'s not the brightest star to be seen (it\'s pretty non-descript, really)

Where to find it......If you look into the night sky and find The Plough ( looks like a big pan with a handle) - follow the 2 stars that would form the right hand side of the \"pot\" of the pan - the Pole Star is ALWAYS directly in line with them. I\'ll see if I can dig out a diagram for you - if not, I\'ll draw you one. The pole star is pretty easy to spot once you know where to look (but it\'s not that bright). Next time you\'re out fishing during the course of the night, keep an eye on The Plough, you\'ll find that it turns on its\' axis, BUT.....the pole star is ALWAYS in line with those 2 stars making up the right hand side of the \"pot\" of the pan.

 

[TC]

Here you go, Tony:

I\'ve even put lables on for you........happy star gazing

 

[sless]

is there a man on the north star the same as there is a man on the moon

 

[TC]

Lol ......mebbies there is Sless - but don\'t ask me \"WHEN\"........ :exclam:

 

[micky-quayle]

Sitting here in my quiet little room at 2:30am - looking out the window, it\'s a lovely full moon and a million stars in the sky - got to thinking about a question which I 1st heard a few years ago............

When you look out into the night sky, and you see the stars far away, you\'re seeing them because of the light that has travelled from them to you.

But it takes time for the light to travel here. So what we\'re doing is seeing the stars as they were in the past, in the amount of time it has taken for the light to reach us. The further, and further away the stars are, the further back in time we\'re looking.

Now we\'re seeing a star that, let\'s say, is 6,000 years ago. Imagine somebody on that star looking at us. They would be seeing us as we were 6,000 years ago.

Which of those two is \"now\"?

there is a theory that time is just a human concept and that there is no past or future only NOW. a very difficult concept to get your head around but one that is believed by much more educated men than me.
my head hurts !!!!!!!!!!

 

[mickthefish]

no offence tc , but those diagrams really piss me off ! , ill always find at least 100 patterns exactly the same if i look!
as for the origional question , all you have to do is hoy 200 magic mushrooms in yer tea (or blackcurrent) and ill gaurantee youll come up with the correct answer in seconds. then forget it straight away probably.
youll be fine

 

[tony.codling]

T.C I forgot all about this thread, thats her alright .

 

[mark]

actaully the north star is a myth! it called polaris and isn\'t exactly north

 

[BriH]

Next time you\'re out fishing during the course of the night, keep an eye on The Plough, you\'ll find that it turns on its\' axis, BUT.....the pole star is ALWAYS in line with those 2 stars making up the right hand side of the \"pot\" of the pan.

Cheers for that ,you have answererd a question that has bugged me for about twenty years - while in Tenerife i was certain the plough was nearly upside down (spilling its soup LOL) and our lass said i must be pi$$ed when i tried to expain what it should look like - but if it turns on its axis that will be that then