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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by the DESTROYER OF SAGITTARIUS. Needs flushing out and reference to light pollution with regard to astronomy. Could use list of actual things that are no longer visible in the sky anywhere due to industrialization. Maybe a list of what any of these things could be reference to (The fake things). Please mention here why else this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | This comic shows how {{w|Light pollution|light pollution}} in cities | + | This comic shows how {{w|Light pollution|light pollution}} in cities affect what you can see from the night sky. The first three panels show realistic examples of what you could see from the sky inside a large city, in the suburbs and far away from light pollution. These panels roughly correlate on the {{w|Bortle Scale}} to 8-9 (city), 5-6 (suburbs) and 2-3 (remote area). |
− | The last panel contrasts these for comedic effect with fake things that are not actually present in the night sky.{{Citation needed}} | + | The last panel contrasts these for comedic effect with fake things in the sky that are not actually present in the night sky.{{Citation needed}} "{{w|Celestial spheres|Crystal spheres}}" is an ancient theory about the heavens and what it was that held up the stars, before it was commonly accepted that space could be made of hard vacuum and celestial bodies held there by mere law of inertia and vast distances. Although text mentions spheres in plural only one lattice is pictured for some reason. |
− | + | The title text starts off sounding like a legitimate statement about light pollution. It is common to remark that the vast majority of people never see things in the night sky that were commonly seen by our ancestors every night prior to industrialization, such as the {{w|Milky Way}} or now-obscure phenomena such as {{w|Zodiacal light}}, {{w|Airglow}} or {{w|Gegenschein}}. The title text then further adds to the humor of the last panel by describing non-existent features, many of which could be references to {{w|H. P. Lovecraft}}. He often refers to beasts the possible size that “The Destroyer of Sagittarius” would have to be. He also often speaks of insanity and color, connecting the two. | |
− | + | For non astronomers, {{w|Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius}} is one of the constellations of the zodiac and {{w|Sagittarius A*}} a black hole at the center of the {{w|Milky Way}} inside of that constellation. | |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | + | :[Four views of the night sky are shown among each other. The text on top reads:] | |
− | :[Four views of the night sky are shown | ||
:'''Light Pollution and the Disappearing Night Sky''' | :'''Light Pollution and the Disappearing Night Sky''' | ||
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:(Cities) | :(Cities) | ||
− | :[ | + | :[On the second view more stars are visible and some faint blurry white clouds on a dark-gray background are visible.] |
:Moderate Light Pollution | :Moderate Light Pollution | ||
:(Suburbs) | :(Suburbs) | ||
− | :[A lot of stars | + | :[A lot of stars, even partly colored, and a clear image of many clouds on a dark background are shown.] |
:Low Light Pollution | :Low Light Pollution | ||
:(Very remote areas) | :(Very remote areas) | ||
− | :[The | + | :[The last image shows the same region as above but with even more exposed stars and clouds, the colors are also more explicit. A faint lattice of triangles overlaying the image to its full extent and three ghastly silhouettes of sail-ships are shown embedded in clouds. The text on the top left reads:] |
:No Light Pollution | :No Light Pollution | ||
:(How the sky should look) | :(How the sky should look) | ||
:[Four arrows are pointing to some triangles:] | :[Four arrows are pointing to some triangles:] | ||
:Lattice of the crystal spheres | :Lattice of the crystal spheres | ||
− | :[Three arrows are indicating the | + | :[Three arrows are indicating the sail-ships:] |
:Ships of the Sky King | :Ships of the Sky King | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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[[Category:Astronomy]] | [[Category:Astronomy]] |