@ely About what project? Planting bushes & trees at to stand next to such that Polaris will be lined up with the apex of nearby buildings? I mean, I proposed that in this thread, but otherwise … ?
To be honest, I’d probably consider myself more of rationalist, a product of the Enlightenment, but yes, there definitely is quite a bit of 19th century Romanticism in me too, especially when it comes to the connection with nature, as well as the music 🙂
Maybe I need to found a new movement combining these two apparently immiscible fluids 🤪
@markmccaughrean I'll have to find where in my backyard I can see Polaris. Then, line up with a point on my rough and put a stake down. Later, plant something there.
@markmccaughrean I think ChromeOS' spell checker is drunk. I know I typed roof because I made a typo (double f) and corrected...yet, the published version had "rough"
Of course, Polaris is not exactly at the celestial North Pole & currently makes a daily circular motion of about 1.3° diameter around it, more than twice the width of the full Moon.
But the bush is big enough that I can always shuffle a bit & line Polaris up with the gable peak 🤷♂️
And yes, due to the precession of the equinoxes, Polaris will move away from the North Pole over the coming thousands of years.
But neither I nor the house will last that long 😬✌️
@aburka There’s a significant asymmetry in the land distribution, albeit less skewed: 67% in the north, 33% in the south. But that’s only part of the story …
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