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The 2012 Galactic Alignment as seen by ISS -- Amazing!
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[quote:CleverMoniker 19931300:MV8yMDg5MDgzXzM1MjA0NzI3XzZGQzBBOERC] [quote:phoomp:MV8yMDg5MDgzXzM1MjA0NDExX0FGQzhFMDc0] [quote:CleverMoniker 19931300:MV8yMDg5MDgzXzM1MjAzNjE1XzM2RjZDOEJB] [quote:The 6th Sun:MV8yMDg5MDgzXzM1MTk2NTI0X0Q0QzBGNTVC] [quote:CleverMoniker 19931300:MV8yMDg5MDgzXzM1MTg0MjM0XzVGRkQzM0E0] I hope you guys realize there is nothing remotely associated with a galactic alignment that you are actually going to be able to see on a camera orbiting the Earth, right? It would be like an ant trying to judge the alignment of an object in New York with an object in California. There is simply no meaningful frame of reference on a scale that large. And while we're on the subject of scale, it would take the light that would show you this event far longer than your lifetime to actually reach you. And the individual planets within our solar system are not supposed to be lining up in any meaningful way for this event. So I just don't understand what you expect to see on an IIS camera... [/quote] The camera was not Earth facing, it was directed towards the Sun. [/quote] Where in my post did I suggest that I thought the camera was earth facing? I am obviously aware of the fact that it's pointed at the sun, since I observed that what you're seeing is flares resulting from the camera being pointed *at the sun*. My points all stand. It is physically impossible for you to observe a galactic alignment from Earth's vantage point. Look at it this way. In an alignment between points A and B, (A being the center of the galaxy and B being us), if you can't see A, you can't see an alignment. And as I've stated, there were no planetary alignments scheduled or observed, during this event. So I don't know what you think you're seeing in that video, but I can assure you, it has nothing to do whatsoever with any 'alignments' beyond sunlight 'aligning' with a camera lens. [/quote] I don't understand why you think the centre of the galaxy can't be seen from Earth? If there is an "alignment between points A and B", by definition there is a direct line of site between the two points. Moreover, Earth is a sphere, meaning that we can see out from all directions from here; I'm not certain how the ISS could see something so apparently prominent and it wouldn't be visible from the surface? The only thing preventing us from scientifically observing the centre of the galaxy is a massive amount of stellar dust in the way ... but that would prevent the ISS from seeing it as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center [/quote] You CAN see the center of the galaxy...from 26,000 years ago. Understand? It takes light 26,000 years to get from the center of the galaxy to us, rendering it physically impossible to 'see' an alignment. And by the time we see the light from point A, we have moved roughly 100 trillion miles from our original location. [/quote]
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