Surprisingly, this is an ongoing phoenix! Technically, the smaller star is already "dead", it just keeps getting rejuvenated by material from its companion. So even after it flares this time, it should do it again in another 80 years.
I'm not sure which pulsating variable you're referring too, but some of the more recently discovered ones wouldn't have their locations in Stellarium by default, I'd have to load them in. Any one in particular?
. . Yo Lad .. as it approaches winter Soltace .. . The view from Newgrange , not just Sun Rise .. . Over a 24 hr period, a whole band of the sky is visible. 30 or 40 Galaxies i recall . Different 2024AD due to precession. . Many of our Myths, in my opinion, seem to describe long term Stellar events. . . Eg. Fionn (Orion) hunting with Skolan Little Dog) and Bran(Sirius) run past him chasing a Deer ( which went behind a hill and dissapeared ie. Set ) Sirius & lit Dog are set to pass by Orions knees, taking many aeons .. . So i suggest, many many of the oldest stories are about celestial Events [sorry, juat recall, no references ar hand] . . Many different sky observatories (newgrange+hundreds in their day) facing different directions . . I've backed off now, from ancient sky details , lists & lists .. but still love the sky . . anything u can do about cloud cover? .
There are definitely some oral histories, I think most are lost or only partly recorded, about certain stars rising at certain times. One issue is names, sometimes a story about a stat rising behind a certain hill at a certain time is recorded, but nobody knows which hill any more because the transmission of Irish across the generations was broken. The various stone circles, some of them certainly seem to track other days, like the equinoxes and cross quarter days. Some passage tombs might line up with certain things rising and setting in certain dates as well. Unfortunately clouds are outside my domain, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some clear skies!
. . Well .. here's the madder part. . As a x physicist, optics& solar cells being my area('93) the stone basins look very similar in shape to a satellite dish. I cannot test this since I'm nobody. Tried contacting some in field. They only have to be wetted( not damaged, by scraping with bones put in) to test how well the basins focus light. The large(broken) newgrande basin would have been the main collector, the other 2 basins for more complicated optic setup. Just from photos, one can see the reflected sheen, un-distorted. That means that the shaping of the basins was extremely high precission work. Any non perfect symmetries would be revealed in distorted sheen [from overhead lights] . If Newgrange is possibly an optics lab, and the evidence suggests this .. modern thought will do anything other than test if ancients were really smart. Know anyone with clout/contacts ? . . Oh, a piece of thread, hung from opposite lips of Basin [Level] would follow the contour almost exactly precisely if the basin is parabolic.. simple test but i'm not cleared for such an exotic non-destructive experiment. .
@@nawhedawhe6905 I would say the best thing is go there after heavy rain, Newgrange is far from waterproof, a good fog could wet the interior pretty well. I'd also suggest going and asking a tour guide to hang a string for you. The people in charge may not want to deal with it, but an individual guide might. However, I will say that the main basin, to me at least, seems a little oblong. The internal curvature is really smooth, but the circumference of the lip doesn't look truly circular. Then again, it's certainly true that Neolithic people generally get far less credit than they are due when it comes to how smart they were. There's a good chance that droplets of water were used for magnification, even if scientific theories of optics came much later.
@@CaoimhinsContent. . A brillant suggestion to ask a tour guide. . However .... (yup) . the basins needs to be perfectly level [really really], the basins need to be spotless ie. No bones placed within[a recent ignorant action]. . I'd Rather not on de sly, as that could ONLY convince "me" .. what good would that be .. i'd probably, really sound like "nobody can tell me otherwise" then .. . . As for outline shape, u can cut/break off a corner .. the rest still functions perfectly . In modern buses, a "flat" magnifier on de back window allows driver to see Magnified image.. NOT properly flat, but edge rings recessed to "" be flatish" .. the point being .. over all outline shape not important. . A Reflection shows up distortions, if any, very clearly. View reflection in window 30 yds from you. That window is "NOT" flat. Train your eye. . I've NOT seen a sheen from the broken basin, in photos. . Photos of course are NOT definite proof, i know .. . The perfection of the sheen reflections in photos one basin suggests to me that the possibility should [ ..and Can ] be tested. A few internet pics easily found... and just study the sheen carefully. I may be wrong, but it's what i judge as "" exemplary "" perfection, having one time worked/studied in optics. . . If this WAS true.. then you'd want to hear me about how our oldest legends describe a fantastical world/universe... one step at a time. Thanks for responding.
Absolutely, any investigations like that should be public and transparent as much as possible. I'm not in optics myself, buy I am a huge fan of Fresnel lenses, being able to get the magnification flattened like that is fascinating. Another thought, maybe you could get a very good cast or 3d model of the basins, people are pretty guarded with the originals.
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So it is doing phoenix death moves?
Surprisingly, this is an ongoing phoenix! Technically, the smaller star is already "dead", it just keeps getting rejuvenated by material from its companion. So even after it flares this time, it should do it again in another 80 years.
We not going to talk about that star in that area that has been super huge and pulsing?
I'm not sure which pulsating variable you're referring too, but some of the more recently discovered ones wouldn't have their locations in Stellarium by default, I'd have to load them in.
Any one in particular?
.
. Yo Lad
.. as it approaches winter Soltace ..
. The view from Newgrange , not just Sun Rise ..
. Over a 24 hr period, a whole band of the sky is visible. 30 or 40 Galaxies i recall
. Different 2024AD due to precession.
. Many of our Myths, in my opinion, seem to describe long term Stellar events.
.
. Eg. Fionn (Orion) hunting with Skolan Little Dog) and Bran(Sirius) run past him chasing a Deer ( which went behind a hill and dissapeared ie. Set )
Sirius & lit Dog are set to pass by Orions knees, taking many aeons ..
. So i suggest, many many of the oldest stories are about celestial Events
[sorry, juat recall, no references ar hand]
.
. Many different sky observatories (newgrange+hundreds in their day) facing different directions .
.
I've backed off now, from ancient sky details , lists & lists .. but still love the sky
.
. anything u can do about cloud cover?
.
There are definitely some oral histories, I think most are lost or only partly recorded, about certain stars rising at certain times. One issue is names, sometimes a story about a stat rising behind a certain hill at a certain time is recorded, but nobody knows which hill any more because the transmission of Irish across the generations was broken.
The various stone circles, some of them certainly seem to track other days, like the equinoxes and cross quarter days. Some passage tombs might line up with certain things rising and setting in certain dates as well.
Unfortunately clouds are outside my domain, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some clear skies!
.
. Well .. here's the madder part.
. As a x physicist, optics& solar cells being my area('93) the stone basins look very similar in shape to a satellite dish. I cannot test this since I'm nobody. Tried contacting some in field.
They only have to be wetted( not damaged, by scraping with bones put in) to test how well the basins focus light.
The large(broken) newgrande basin would have been the main collector, the other 2 basins for more complicated optic setup.
Just from photos, one can see the reflected sheen, un-distorted. That means that the shaping of the basins was extremely high precission work. Any non perfect symmetries would be revealed in distorted sheen [from overhead lights]
. If Newgrange is possibly an optics lab, and the evidence suggests this .. modern thought will do anything other than test if ancients were really smart. Know anyone with clout/contacts ?
.
. Oh, a piece of thread, hung from opposite lips of Basin [Level] would follow the contour almost exactly precisely if the basin is parabolic.. simple test but i'm not cleared for such an exotic non-destructive experiment.
.
@@nawhedawhe6905 I would say the best thing is go there after heavy rain, Newgrange is far from waterproof, a good fog could wet the interior pretty well. I'd also suggest going and asking a tour guide to hang a string for you. The people in charge may not want to deal with it, but an individual guide might. However, I will say that the main basin, to me at least, seems a little oblong. The internal curvature is really smooth, but the circumference of the lip doesn't look truly circular.
Then again, it's certainly true that Neolithic people generally get far less credit than they are due when it comes to how smart they were. There's a good chance that droplets of water were used for magnification, even if scientific theories of optics came much later.
@@CaoimhinsContent.
. A brillant suggestion to ask a tour guide.
. However .... (yup)
. the basins needs to be perfectly level [really really], the basins need to be spotless ie. No bones placed within[a recent ignorant action].
. I'd Rather not on de sly, as that could ONLY convince "me" .. what good would that be .. i'd probably, really sound like "nobody can tell me otherwise" then ..
.
. As for outline shape, u can cut/break off a corner .. the rest still functions perfectly
. In modern buses, a "flat" magnifier on de back window allows driver to see Magnified image.. NOT properly flat, but edge rings recessed to "" be flatish" .. the point being .. over all outline shape not important.
. A Reflection shows up distortions, if any, very clearly. View reflection in window 30 yds from you. That window is "NOT" flat. Train your eye.
. I've NOT seen a sheen from the broken basin, in photos.
. Photos of course are NOT definite proof, i know ..
. The perfection of the sheen reflections in photos one basin suggests to me that the possibility should [ ..and Can ] be tested.
A few internet pics easily found... and just study the sheen carefully. I may be wrong, but it's what i judge as "" exemplary "" perfection, having one time worked/studied in optics.
.
. If this WAS true.. then you'd want to hear me about how our oldest legends describe a fantastical world/universe... one step at a time. Thanks for responding.
Absolutely, any investigations like that should be public and transparent as much as possible.
I'm not in optics myself, buy I am a huge fan of Fresnel lenses, being able to get the magnification flattened like that is fascinating.
Another thought, maybe you could get a very good cast or 3d model of the basins, people are pretty guarded with the originals.