markprice Posted September 19, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I'm not much interested in more people making fun of her but I would like to know what she is looking at in the beginning and why the masking. I just bought a decent telescope and could use that map as a locator? Where is it, what is it and how does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 19, 2014 #2 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Are you Sirius? This makes better reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted September 19, 2014 #3 Share Posted September 19, 2014 it looks like she was on "Google Sky" or something like that at the start. Secondly, we have ZERO evidence she was filming Sirius each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 20, 2014 Author #4 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Possibly a cellphone app. I don't see names on google sky and if you zoom out there are the same stars repeated in a wave pattern? Then the app edits the sky? maybe she was right. Google Sky I better use a telescope and a planisphere; I have a red filtered flashlight to read it at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 20, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Secondly, we have ZERO evidence she was filming Sirius each time. The third comment on YT: "i think you should educate yourself at least a little bit if you are interested in astronomy (before claiming hundreds of experts beeing wrong) ... this is astronomy basic knowledge: colour fading and changes are caused by atmospehere and the blurry change in shape is caused by mobile phone cameras and the zooming ... this video is nothing but uneducated nonsense" She said she is trying to figure something out with her phone at 2 minutes. "uneducated nonsense" does not explain the masking. Anyway, compared to me she is a professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted September 20, 2014 #6 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) I'm not much interested in more people making fun of her but I would like to know what she is looking at in the beginning and why the masking. I just bought a decent telescope and could use that map as a locator? Where is it, what is it and how does it work? This isn't science, it is more of your conspiracy garbage, so why are you posting in this section? BTW, there are plenty of skymaps readily available so please stop with your paranoia. Edited September 20, 2014 by Merc14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 20, 2014 #7 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Looks like Microsoft Worldwide Telescope, and it's just as she presents it, as far as the images go. Images, by the way, that were never meant to be zoomed in on, that closely. It's a perfect match for the OP's modus operandi. Edited September 20, 2014 by John Wesley Boyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted September 20, 2014 #8 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Looks like Microsoft Worldwide Telescope, and it's just as she presents it, as far as the images go. Images, by the way, that were never meant to be zoomed in on, that closely. It's a perfect match for the OP's modus operandi. WHat doe she thinkhe is going t see at Sirius anyways with his little telescope. BTW, watch teh rest f that woman's video and then read teh comments, it is truly depressing how many of these paranoid and delusional peopel are out there. Edited September 20, 2014 by Merc14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmk1245 Posted September 20, 2014 #9 Share Posted September 20, 2014 [...] Anyway, compared to me she is a professional. Actually, compared to her, any chimp would look like Einstein... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 20, 2014 #10 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Mysterious Sirius. Woo Woo.(That's my other dog impression.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 20, 2014 Author #11 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) This isn't science, it is more of your conspiracy garbage, so why are you posting in this section? BTW, there are plenty of skymaps readily available so please stop with your paranoia. WTF how does that answer the question? edit: I said I have a Planisphere and a filtered flashlight. Talk about paranoia: I am here to destroy your myopic universe! Edited September 20, 2014 by markprice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 20, 2014 Author #12 Share Posted September 20, 2014 WHat doe she thinkhe is going t see at Sirius anyways with his little telescope. BTW, watch teh ... Sober up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 20, 2014 Author #13 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Looks like Microsoft Worldwide Telescope, and it's just as she presents it, as far as the images go. Images, by the way, that were never meant to be zoomed in on, that closely. It's a perfect match for the OP's modus operandi. Maybe if you linked to the part that resembled the map in the OP, that would be good. Not meant to be zoomed? What a lousy "telescope" then. Just don't look too closely at Sirius while everything else seems to zoom fine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 20, 2014 #14 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Maybe if you linked to the part that resembled the map in the OP, that would be good. Not meant to be zoomed? What a lousy "telescope" then. Just don't look too closely at Sirius while everything else seems to zoom fine.... There's plenty of images of Sirius not taken by Nasa or used by Microsoft to look up on line, like the one I posted. Look'em up and zoom to your heart's content. Now try to convince yourself there is a vast world-wide conspiracy that includes all amateur and professional astronomers to hide the truth about Sirius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted September 20, 2014 #15 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Not meant to be zoomed? What a lousy "telescope" then. Telescopes do not have a zoom function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 21, 2014 Author #16 Share Posted September 21, 2014 There's plenty of images of Sirius not taken by Nasa or used by Microsoft to look up on line, like the one I posted. Look'em up and zoom to your heart's content. Now try to convince yourself there is a vast world-wide conspiracy that includes all amateur and professional astronomers to hide the truth about Sirius. Her map had names of stars and constellation lines marked plus the zoom effect. I thought one of the "experts" might recognize what she was looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 21, 2014 Author #17 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Telescopes do not have a zoom function. Right, so this is where a computer would be good for practice on a cloudy night if I could find the map in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted September 21, 2014 #18 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Right, so this is where a computer would be good for practice on a cloudy night if I could find the map in the OP. I don`t know what map she used but her map looked lousy anyway. Here is the good stuff : http://www.stellarium.org/en/ Edited September 21, 2014 by toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 22, 2014 #19 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Her map had names of stars and constellation lines marked plus the zoom effect. I thought one of the "experts" might recognize what she was looking at. She's looking at the star charts on Microsoft Worldwide Telescope. It 's a site with charts and images and one that enables the well-to-do to control a telescope they own. Your telescope is set up in distant locations by a company that puts your telescope in a first rate viewing site, hundreds, even thousands of miles away from where you live. You control it from your computer. Edited September 22, 2014 by John Wesley Boyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 22, 2014 Author #20 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I don`t know what map she used but her map looked lousy anyway. Here is the good stuff : http://www.stellarium.org/en/ That would have been great. Downloaded and incompatible with a chromebook so the best I could do was Planetarium which sucks. She's looking at the star charts on Microsoft Worldwide Telescope. It 's a site with charts and images and one that enables the well-to-do to control a telescope they own. Your telescope is set up in distant locations by a company that puts your telescope in a first rate viewing site, hundreds, even thousands of miles away from where you live. You control it from your computer. So she is a "professional". I can't afford to do that. At least I'm getting some information here. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 22, 2014 #21 Share Posted September 22, 2014 That would have been great. Downloaded and incompatible with a chromebook so the best I could do was Planetarium which sucks. So she is a "professional". I can't afford to do that. At least I'm getting some information here. thanks. You can download Worldwide Telescope for free and browse the virtual star maps and thousands of images to your hearts content. It's one of those great freebies on the order Google Earth. You can zoom the star maps just like she does. I have it on my computer. I don't agree with a lot stuff you post, Mark, but I admire your enthusiasm for exploration. Don't ever lose it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 22, 2014 #22 Share Posted September 22, 2014 You can download Worldwide Telescope for free and browse the virtual star maps and thousands of images to your hearts content. It's one of those great freebies on the order Google Earth. You can zoom the star maps just like she does. I have it on my computer. I don't agree with a lot stuff you post, Mark, but I admire your enthusiasm for exploration. Don't ever lose it. If you can get even an old laptop with Vista you can download the legacy version. Or find a way to load a version of windows on your Chromebook and use it as an alternate OS. Sorry you're having that difficulty. It's really fun and right up your alley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 23, 2014 Author #23 Share Posted September 23, 2014 If you can get even an old laptop with Vista you can download the legacy version. Or find a way to load a version of windows on your Chromebook and use it as an alternate OS. Sorry you're having that difficulty. It's really fun and right up your alley. Thanks, I have an offline computer that may eventually be sacrificed to Stellarium and Worldwide Telescope. Chromebook is useless. Right now I am still trying to figure out a gold plated astrolab I have had for decades...this will be a long process now that I am dedicated to it and have the time; I give myself three years because it gets really cold here in the winters. I wonder if anyone has ever frozen their hand to a telescope after setting down a coffee mug...? Telescope and accessories should be arriving soon before it gets too cold. There are so many aspects to this it is mind boggling at first. Getting a sense of the planets will be a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 23, 2014 #24 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks, I have an offline computer that may eventually be sacrificed to Stellarium and Worldwide Telescope. Chromebook is useless. Right now I am still trying to figure out a gold plated astrolab I have had for decades...this will be a long process now that I am dedicated to it and have the time; I give myself three years because it gets really cold here in the winters. I wonder if anyone has ever frozen their hand to a telescope after setting down a coffee mug...? Telescope and accessories should be arriving soon before it gets too cold. There are so many aspects to this it is mind boggling at first. Getting a sense of the planets will be a good start. Good for you, there are enough real wonders and marvels in the world and in the sky to keep one entertained for a lifetime. Being able to look at the moon and see it's mountains craters and seas with one's own eyes can be an epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markprice Posted September 25, 2014 Author #25 Share Posted September 25, 2014 A picture of Sirius masked posted elsewhere with no explanation(if zoomed too far then why does this seem to be an issue with that star?) : A sky-walk that raises a few questions: 3:40 6:30 8:10 8:40 Those appear unnatural. He has no commentary so I don't know exactly where the "starships" are but the blue things are nebula or galaxy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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