Posted - 2008.03.25 10:56:00 - [91]

 

So maybe it could be a strange "psychic" incident. That's how it managed to appear in all systems at the same time and break the laws of physics..? It was more something that appeared in every human's mind at the same time?

Though I really don't know exactly how that would even work... Just one idea that hasn't been covered. I wouldn't be too sure if i'd even believe it... But hey you gotta throw every theory out there I suppose.

Posted - 2008.03.26 00:55:00 - [93]

 

If something is so distant, beyond the edge of the universe (should there be theoretically or practically such a thing I know not), then were it bright enough to be seen through the dustless vacuum of space in all regions at one time, and to disappear at one time, then could that be an explanation of the short-lived event that was this bright 'star'? Just as planets have been mistaken for stars in our planet-bound history, could not distant multi-stellar events like the collisions of galaxies give rise to a similar ocular experience?

Did any stellar monitoring organisation get data on the 'star' during its brief appearance across New Eve? Was there a consistent spectrum?

Indeed, I have heard religious friends talk of it being an omen of the birth of something - or death of a far-off race ...

Inanna Zuni

Posted - 2008.03.27 18:57:00 - [95]

 

Originally by: Darina Rea

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All this warping around in fast ships has probably warped (pun intended) your perspective of distance.

I do not know exactly the interval between the first observed disappearance of this phenomena, and the last, but it was without doubt a _very_ short interval. Less than a day at most, perhaps close to instantly.

So if we look at your diagrams and consider the above, and assume it was photons traveling from that far-away source at the usual speed. Imagine then that we have a sphere with the phenomena at the center. Now let's look at the largest possible interval, 24 hours or less, in which the phenomena disappearing was observed throughout the cluster. One day is the time it takes for light to travel from the outer planets to the sun of a typical solar system.

Then remember the sphere surface that represents the appearance and cutoff intervals of the phenomena. Imagine those as two (very) slightly curved section of the spheres surfaces, one light-day thick. Now looks at your pod's map of the cluster.

Even in optimal conditions the best-fit would still be require an interval (or thickness of the sphere surface) far exceeding the lifetime of a well-treated minmatar slave, and they live longer than a day...

This applies no matter where the phenomena was located, assuming there was just one source.

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So what can we conclude from this? That the phenomena can't be both far away _and_ emitting photons that travel at the usual speed of light. It would have to be at least 4 to 5 orders of magnitude faster than normal light, and that's a very conservative estimate of the lower-bound.

It has been said that extra-ordinary claims requires extra-ordinary proof... We got the proof, but I'm rather confused as to what the claim is.

Posted - 2008.03.28 16:01:00 - [97]

 

There are no readings, no precendent and unless you are religious no established theoretical explanation for what has occured.
We can discuss all we want, but all that remains is the fact that we all voice our own little opinions and opinions do not constitute the truth.

For all I known I could be an omen from some god, I just find that very very very unlikely to nearly impossible, but until recently an istant galaxy-wide light appearance-event was also though to be highly unlikely of ever happening, but it did.