"S." by Doug Dorst and JJ Abrams.
It's presented as a 1949 novel by fictional author VM Straka, titled "The Ship of Theseus." In the margins are hand-written notes by a grad student, Eric, and an undergrad, Jen, who are both trying to figure out who Straka was, and whether the cabal known as...
You guys were really helpful last time I came to you. Let's hope you can do it again. I have a sort of weird question, in a weird context. It's pretty complex, which is why I'm asking for help from experts. Let me explain. (Better grab a beverage, this will take awhile.)
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I am not even an...
I understand that the Earth is rotating. I'm asking if there's a standard, fixed mapping of celestial coordinates to the surface of the Earth. Say, 0⁰ N, 0⁰ W would correspond to the vernal equinox. So that any given constellation always corresponds to a location on Earth's surface.
Has this...
Sorry, I'm not an astronomer. This question relates to the book "S." by Doug Dorst.
I understand that the celestial coordinates have a zero-point at the vernal equinox. (0h, 0m, 0s RA, 0⁰, 0", 0' Dec.)
I also understand that it's possible to map these coordinates to spherical, or...