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Re: Rocket launch and navigation stars
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2024 Aug 27, 07:00 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2024 Aug 27, 07:00 -0700
Rafael C, you wrote:
"If we follow these instructions, we end up in a rather blank area of the sky, which is what we would expect if we are in the Southern hemisphere, where the pole star is very faint."
Exactly what I had in mind! [see image below] You get to a celestial pole, but there's nothing there. Hence the south celestial pole. :)
"Again assuming that this is correct, we may be near a rocket launching site in the Southern hemisphere, facing roughly south. I wouldn't be able to tell which one..."
There reallly aren't that many. And one site is doing huge business.
Frank Reed
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