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Originally posted by justsomeboreddude
Three questions:
1. How is an object going to get that close to the sun and not get sucked in by the Sun's gravity or at the very least cause the Sun's shape to distort?
2. Wouldnt there be measurable gravitational effects on Earth and the Sun and other planets?
3. If it is moving wouldnt it begin to appear bigger each day?
[edit on 5-5-2009 by justsomeboreddude]
Originally posted by JasonT
As much as I want this to be real, there is something dodgy about it.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by demonseed
As has been pointed out, here is an image taken the same day as the video by the SOHO satellite.
sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov...
SOHO orbits about 1,000,000 miles from the Earth, between the Sun and the Earth. If the object in the video is a binary twin of the Sun it must be in between SOHO and the Earth.
We would know about a star, no matter how small, if it was less than 1 million miles from us.
I'm not proposing it is, but to play a little devil's advocate: SOHO is owned by NASA. Would NASA actually tell us that a doomsday twin sister sun is coming?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by demonseed
I am quite confident that there is no star (dwarf or otherwise) near enough to the Earth to appear 1/4 the apparent size of the Sun. I am also a bit on the lazy side. It is also probably true that you would not believe me any more that you believe the dreaded NASA so if you're really interested you'll have to do this yourself (something very few people seem to be willing to do).
Build a simple Pinhole projector, a device with which you can view the Sun and any bright object near it safely. Since this device has no lens, there can be no chance of lens flare. Have a look at the Sun. Report back here with your findings.
Now, as I said before, an object large enough to appear about 1/4 the apparent diameter of the Sun, and close enough to now be "hiding" behind the sun, would be causing major disruptions to the orbits of the planets. There have been no reports of such disruptions (of course, the dreaded NASA would lie, but there are hundreds of thousands of amateur astronomers out there who would be very upset if their snazzy automatic telescope didn't find Jupiter where it was supposed to be).
Originally posted by Hellmutt
That video reminded me of a photo I took a few months ago. Same kind of effect.
Originally posted by demonseed
3) "Why hasn't anybody else seen this!?!?!" How many people decided to take a picture of the sun? Let alone with the brightness turned down?
We where flying from Washington to Buenos Aires Argentina on April 11, 2009 on United Airlines ,at 5:30 am before the breakfast was served , I began to film the sunrise, and guess what??? you decide for yourself about the object in the left side.The reflex are capture in the clouds we are flying at 7000 feet in a 747.
Originally posted by Essan
Originally posted by demonseed
3) "Why hasn't anybody else seen this!?!?!" How many people decided to take a picture of the sun? Let alone with the brightness turned down?
Actually, a lot of people do all the time. Unfortunately, I don't have an suitable pictures of my own from the date in question, but here's what the Sun looked like with a good quality camera - and no glare - on 22nd April 2009
www.ukweatherworld.co.uk...