Re: BSG+ Centauri A, B, C and Cally (was Re: Anyone else notice...)

In article <6716jmFg8ji1U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
KalElFan <kalelfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Also on this point about Proxima Centauri (a red dwarf) orbiting the
>brighter A & B from a far distance, that's *exactly* the depiction we
>see in Starbuck's vision.  She could have jumped from our solar
>system (where she saw Earth and Saturn), to Proxima Centauri.
>She sees that star emitting flares, and off in the distance sees the
>brighter Alpha Centauri A & B.   After the description of Earth
>and Saturn, it just fits too well for it not to be the Alpha Centauri
>system.


The beings who moved her around wanted to give her some signposts,
she would never have seen either Saturn or any triple star system
from Earth without doing a sky survey, a very detailed one in the
case of detecting Proxima, with good telescopes.

However, using Alpha Centauri or Saturn as "signposts" to Earth would
be just plain stupid.   Long, long before you got close enough to
detect those things, the map of the zodiac would tell you where Earth
was.

So, unless we are just looking at some bad science on the part of
the writers, there is no point in analysing if it's alpha centauri
(which does not flash) or Saturn.

Rationally, it should be neither.  It should be some unknown
system halfway along the path where, once you get there, you then
can plot out the stars of the zodiac.
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