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Re: Celestial Navigation in the Movies
From: David Pike
Date: 2015 Mar 24, 09:30 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2015 Mar 24, 09:30 -0700
Francis.
Yes, fiction aside, the real thing would probably have required the sun to be just below the horizon to see the brighter planets and navigational stars, even with that telescope. This wouldn’t have been good for filming, so I suppose the film version had to be a compromise. I’ve always wanted a copy of the video. I found the music haunting. I thought I was getting a really good deal when I bought a copy really cheaply near the north end of the Fasterbokanalen in Sweden. Unfortunately, when I got home and put it on the player, it turned out to have sub-titles in Swedish. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised. Dave
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