Crotali

Mr Thalassocrat · 20 Jun 2010, 05:20 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: thalassocrat08 at gmail.com (Mr Thalassocrat)
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:50:35 +0930
Subject: (urth) Crotali
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On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:

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> Most constallations' component stars have no physical association among
> them and only appear to lie closely together as seen from Earth. This lack
> of unity means proper motion will make them unrecognizable and/or disperse
> them entirely.
>
> Precession of the equinoxes however takes place on a shorter scale,
> currently a bit under about 26,000 years per full ciruit of pole stars. This
> implies that Apu Punchau is about 13,000 years before Severian, or 39,000,
> or 65,000 or 91,000...
>
You're right, of course.
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