Debunking the flat Earth model.
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What you are saying is demonstrably wrong.
The stars around the SCP are not random stars that change shape or size. They are well known. The SCP is in the constellation of Octans. Octans is visible from ANY point in the southern hemisphere. When you get north of the Equator you can not see it anymore.
The constellation Octans is what makes up the inner circles in time-lapses of the SCP. Octans DOES NOT get smaller and smaller the farther north you go until it is imperceptible, as you claim.
The North Celestial Pole is the same way. You can view the North Star from anywhere from the Northern Hemisphere. Once you go south of the Equator, you can no longer view it.
You can’t find any star that is north of the North Star, because all other stars in the Northern Hemisphere revolve around it. The stars that are on the “north” side of the North Star will eventually be on the south side as they revolve. That is how we know it is the northernmost star.
No star is south of the SCP, because all stars in the Southern Hemisphere revolve around it. Any star you see on the “south” side of the SCP will eventually be on the north side as it revolves. That is how we know it is the southernmost star.
Regardless of whether you believe in flat Earth or globe Earth… the NCP and SCP are the ONLY two celestial poles visible from anywhere on Earth. The poles NEVER revolve around any other point REGARDLESS of our perception on earth. Both poles function IDENTICALLY. There is NO fundamental difference between the NCP and SCP when it comes to their movements or how we perceive them from Earth. At the Equator you can view both Celestial Poles at the horizon north and south of you. The SCP is not just an illusion caused by perception. It is a tangible, consistent, measurable, testable, provable point in space… just like the North Star.
No matter how far south you go, you will NEVER find a star south of the SCP. No matter how north you go, you will NEVER find a star north of the NCP.
Prove me wrong, find ONE star that is south of the SCP.
I never claimed there are stars south of SCP, I am claiming it is the most southern circle around the North star. The further south you get, the higher up on the horizon it will appear, that is due to how perspective works, as you get closer and closer to the most southern stars.
So, you admit there is a northernmost point AND a southernmost point in viewable space. And all the stars revolve around these points… Interesting.
All stars revolve around the North star. In the southern hemisphere all the stars converge at a single point due to how perspective works, as demonstrated by anti crespycular sun rays. That is accordance with the flat earth model.
In the video you sent, at the 18:38 mark, he claims that Octantis is circling the southern rim of the flat Earth. But due to perspective, it converges at one point.
“Even though it is circling across your field of view, it is still going to be converged at one point.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t30-YbayyXE
IF, the SCP circles across to the whole southern rim of the flat Earth, THEN we would see considerable movement throughout the night.
So, show me a time-lapse that shows Octantis (SCP) moving across the field of view. Just one.