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Re: Pole Star (was: First Point of Aries)
From: Richard Edwards
Date: 1998 Jan 05, 2:35 PM
From: Richard Edwards
Date: 1998 Jan 05, 2:35 PM
On Jan 2, 10:09pm, Chuck Taylor wrote: > Subject: Re: [Nml] Pole Star (was: First Point of Aries) > > On Jan 2, 12:28pm, Chuck Taylor wrote: > > > Bowditch (V.1, 1985) says that "By Columbus' time some navigators were > using Polaris to determine latitude...", and later, "The north > celestial pole is moving closer to Polaris, which it will pass a a > distance of approximately 28' about the year 2102. Following this, the > polar distance will increase, and eventually other stars, in their turn, > will become the Pole Star." > > >-- End of excerpt from Chuck Taylor Interesting, I wonder if the various ages of exploration correspond to periods when there was a distinct pole star. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@ronin.com: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=
