Video 1D Solar System’s Place in Galaxy (From the Series, “Clearing Up the Skies of 2012″)
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Do books and videos on 2012 seem to be masses of bafflegab and incomprehensible astronomical diagrams? This video may help. LINKS TO VIDEO ON PRECESSION AND SOLSTICES Video 1C: www.youtube.com Video 1J: www.youtube.com THE VIDEO YOU’RE WATCHING NOW is the FOURTH video in a set of two presentations, which are entitled “Clearing up the Skies of 2012: An explanation of the astronomy of 2012″, and Update — John Major Jenkins’ “The 2012 Story” and his web site “alignment2012.com” The complete list of videos is given below, along with brief descriptions: Video 1A Introduction: Alignment chronologies according to John Major Jenkins; Why the confusion; How we’ll clear it up. www.youtube.com ** The alignments deal with apparent movements of the Sun, which result from real movements of the Earth. Therefore, that will be our first topic. Video 1B Motions of the Earth (1): Rotational and Orbital www.youtube.com Video 1C Motions of the Earth (2): Combined Effects of Orbital and Rotational Motions; Precessional Motion www.youtube.com ** Next, we need to know where our solar System is located with respect to the center of our Galaxy. Video 1D Our Solar System’s Place in Our Galaxy www.youtube.com ** To help us compare the Sun’s position on different dates, we now develop a standard map for the part of the sky that lies in the direction of the center of our Galaxy. Video 1E A Standard Map for the Center of the Galaxy www.youtube.com ** With the help of our standard map, we now examine …
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April 22nd, 2011 at 9:19 am
@obaeyens
Thanks for the suggestion. Helping the viewer understand the orientation of the ecliptic with respect to the Galactic plane is important, and I’m not satisfied with how I did that. I’ll give Celestia a try.
April 22nd, 2011 at 10:12 am
Check out Celestia, I think it can do wonders for your presentation.
Especially when you move through space from the solar system towards the evry edge and look at our galaxy.