In 12,000BC Vega was at the pole, and will be there again in 14,000AD!
Polar alignment during the time of the Greeks would of been a nightmare! They had no pole star due to the slow precession of Earth's axis, rotating every 26,000 years.
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
The Pole Star...
By 3000AD, Gamma Cephei will be closer to the pole than Polaris!
In 12,000BC Vega was at the pole, and will be there again in 14,000AD!
Polar alignment during the time of the Greeks would of been a nightmare! They had no pole star due to the slow precession of Earth's axis, rotating every 26,000 years.
In 12,000BC Vega was at the pole, and will be there again in 14,000AD!
Polar alignment during the time of the Greeks would of been a nightmare! They had no pole star due to the slow precession of Earth's axis, rotating every 26,000 years.
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