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Jakka
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Joined: Sep 29, 2001
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Location: Uk
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 Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 6:48 pm Post subject: Reply to \'Who Are We?\' |
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KK - to me the details given here still dont make sense. Yes they acknowledge Vega is much closer than other stars in the constellation Vega, but then still calls Lyra a \'system\'. What does that mean? Lyra is not a location, its not a star or a solar system, its a grouping of stars which all lie in roughly the same line of sight from Earth, but which could be anything from a handful of light years away, to thousands of light years away.
Also, which particular stars in Lyra are the Lyrans from? The region of our sky which the constellation covers contains a handful of brightish stars visible with the naked eye, including Vega. These stars are bright either becasue 1: They are nearby (such as Vega) or 2: they are very bright and very far away. The problem here is that distant bright stars are much more powerful than the sun, and becasue they have short lives, are very young, and not old enough for life to evolve around them. As a coincidence, despite its relative closeness Vega is also a very hot young star, and observations have revealed a disk of proto-planetary material around it which is too young to have formed planets, let alone life on any of them.
On the other hand, the constellation would have hundreds if not thousands of dull, non-visible faint dwarf stars within this region of our sky, with far ranging distances.
I\'m not trying to shoot down any claims, its just that the way this article is worded it doesn\'t make sense. Everything concerning the location and distribution of aliens races sounds false, inaccurate, or flying in the face of known facts on these locations. Vega cannot have life, let alone an advanced civilisation. The other thing that bothers me, is that all the locations stated are systems well known on Earth. There are literally thousands of solar systems out there, even within 50 light years of the sun, including dozens and dozens of obscure sun-like stars each of which are far more likey to have life around them than hot young stars like Vega, Sirius, or Altair. I would expect any discussion of the interstellar origins of races to include reference to mainly unknown systems, since the star systems we are all familiar with make up only a very tiny percentage of whats out there and are mainly unsuitable systems to support life anyway. The very fact that he resorts to using a handful of well known locations suggests he is making it up to me.
Sorry KK, everything in this artitcle concerning extra-terrstrrial heritage screams \"fiction\" to me - it seriously lacks credibility. I know I seem to be trying to shoot down everything you post at the moment, but its nothing personal
 . I\'m not narrow minded, I am fully convinced of extra-terrestrial visitation both now and in the past, but if I see flaws in people\'s claims, then I have to point them out, especially when it comes to astronomy and all things space (a 20-year hobby of mine). |
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