an epiphany...
the great sexton...a nautical enhancement, from way back, still of use for us
here one earth today, and perhaps in the future of space travel as well--
the heart of the matter--
--finding the lengths of two sides of a triangle, and it's angle at one corner, will provide the
triangles dimensions on all sides, and the angles at each point--
defining the sides( bottom/deck and angle)--
by leveling the sexton to the deck of your boat( vessel), or perimeter, and then sighting a star, you may find the angle( of the mental triangle that finds/determines your position), the sight of the sexton, is one side of the triangle, the bottom being leveled to the deck, is the other, if you know the distance from your position, to the target( a second point you wish to travel to), you then have the length of the bottom line of the triangle--
defining the sides( in space)--
i suggest, that the length of the top line of the triangle, can be found, by putting a telescope in place of the sexton's looking glass, and a photo cell on it's eyepiece...then, a reading of the amount of light hitting the photocell can be taken( through the eyepiece of the telescope)...the brighter the light, the closer you are to the star you are using to find the angle( with the sexton), using known distances/light values, a person can create a math formula, to decipher the distance from you to the star you are looking at, thus correlating light-intensity, and "distance to target"...( so many volts from photo-cell = so many miles), i believe this will show the length of the top line of the triangle, and, by using geometry, you can derive the exact position of your perimeter, and the targets range--
a further expansion of this concept for use in space may be possible, via using a telescope with a photo cell, in both the sexton's sight glass( that faces upwards), and on the base( to level the sexton)...this would give the angle of one corner, and the distance of two of the three lines/sides( of the "positioning-triangle"), and therefore define all three points of the "positioning-triangle" needed to find the spacecraft's position in space, and the distance-to-target( destination)--
the third dimension( outer-space navigational factor)--
i believe sighting to a third distance( point in space), by having a mirror image of the sexton( like a sexton, with another sexton glued to the bottom)...with both bases glued together, but with a hinge, in-between the two, where they are joined, creating a fulcrum point, with a protractor, or scale, to show the angle from 0 to 90 degrees of the other sexton), in this way, a three-d position could then be found, by creating a "math wedge", to get your "foot in the door", on the problem of determining your position in space--
the fourth dimension(outer space dimensional factor)--
time is a factor on this one today, and i still need to upload a diagram...but i think the idea has some merit-- (work in progress, bear with me)
--diagram later--
--math later--
(cs)
the great sexton...a nautical enhancement, from way back, still of use for us
here one earth today, and perhaps in the future of space travel as well--
the heart of the matter--
--finding the lengths of two sides of a triangle, and it's angle at one corner, will provide the
triangles dimensions on all sides, and the angles at each point--
defining the sides( bottom/deck and angle)--
by leveling the sexton to the deck of your boat( vessel), or perimeter, and then sighting a star, you may find the angle( of the mental triangle that finds/determines your position), the sight of the sexton, is one side of the triangle, the bottom being leveled to the deck, is the other, if you know the distance from your position, to the target( a second point you wish to travel to), you then have the length of the bottom line of the triangle--
defining the sides( in space)--
i suggest, that the length of the top line of the triangle, can be found, by putting a telescope in place of the sexton's looking glass, and a photo cell on it's eyepiece...then, a reading of the amount of light hitting the photocell can be taken( through the eyepiece of the telescope)...the brighter the light, the closer you are to the star you are using to find the angle( with the sexton), using known distances/light values, a person can create a math formula, to decipher the distance from you to the star you are looking at, thus correlating light-intensity, and "distance to target"...( so many volts from photo-cell = so many miles), i believe this will show the length of the top line of the triangle, and, by using geometry, you can derive the exact position of your perimeter, and the targets range--
a further expansion of this concept for use in space may be possible, via using a telescope with a photo cell, in both the sexton's sight glass( that faces upwards), and on the base( to level the sexton)...this would give the angle of one corner, and the distance of two of the three lines/sides( of the "positioning-triangle"), and therefore define all three points of the "positioning-triangle" needed to find the spacecraft's position in space, and the distance-to-target( destination)--
the third dimension( outer-space navigational factor)--
i believe sighting to a third distance( point in space), by having a mirror image of the sexton( like a sexton, with another sexton glued to the bottom)...with both bases glued together, but with a hinge, in-between the two, where they are joined, creating a fulcrum point, with a protractor, or scale, to show the angle from 0 to 90 degrees of the other sexton), in this way, a three-d position could then be found, by creating a "math wedge", to get your "foot in the door", on the problem of determining your position in space--
the fourth dimension(outer space dimensional factor)--
time is a factor on this one today, and i still need to upload a diagram...but i think the idea has some merit-- (work in progress, bear with me)
--diagram later--
--math later--
(cs)
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