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Flat Earth Theory / Re: New idea on observing Sigma Octantis from multiple locations

« on: April 15, 2024, 03:02:46 AM »

Unlike user Mahogany, I'm willing to accept the glass-dome as a hypothetical desktop-sized analogy to reality.

However, the first video shows the dome centered over the north pole, and the second video shows the dome centered over the equator.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: New idea on observing Sigma Octantis from multiple locations

« on: April 14, 2024, 04:11:42 PM »

Relative to earth.

That seems rather impossible under the RE model, and if it were true, it would directly conflict with your proposed outcome.

In RE a star directly in line with earths axis of rotation would not appear to move (e.g., Polaris in the northern hemisphere).

On FE, I don't see how your experiment accounts for EA.

EA only affects the attitudinal angle not the compass bearing; EA proposes that light bends up (towards zenith) relative to the disc not Eastward or Westward. Is this correct?

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: New idea on observing Sigma Octantis from multiple locations

« on: April 14, 2024, 01:19:48 PM »

If Sigma Octantis does not move at the night time

Relative to what?

Relative to earth.

The angle between compass South and Sigma Octantis and the angle between Sigma Octantis and the horizon (altitudinal angle) doesn't change appreciably within one night. It doesn't rise or set; it just gets brighter and dimmer, fading to nothing when the sun is out.

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Flat Earth Theory / New idea on observing Sigma Octantis from multiple locations

« on: April 14, 2024, 12:26:29 PM »

I propose the following experiment:

• If Sigma Octantis does not move at the night time, can we assume it does not move appreciably in 24-hours (although it does move a bit with the seasons).
• Suppose a South American observer notes the compass bearing towards Sigma Octantis. Sigma Octantis is hard to find, but it should be obvious in a 15 minute long-exposure photo, as the only star that doesn't move. Once that is located by both observers, they can compare the other constellations to make sure they "match up".
• Suppose the same night (but not the exact same time) a South African observe also makes the same measurement using the same method.

Could we use this to test a monople flat-earth? If both measurements are due south and we assume Sigma Octantis never moves (has anyone ever seen it move?) then South America and South Africa can't be at the edge of a disc earth. This would provide evidence for a bipolar flat-earth or a round-earth.