How You Can Contribute

Hypothetical Propositions is an intellectual pursuit seeking partnerships and collaboration! We would gladly invite you to join us in the following contributions to our first Hypothetical Proposition, the Midnight Meridian Method (M3):

• First and foremost, please shoot holes in the mathematical, astronomical and cartological logic of our hypothesis. (Practical application of the hypotheses is irrelevant if the logic is faulty!)
• Critique, edit or rewrite anything you wish, we are thinkers not technical authors.
• Create graphic plugins that will enhance our ability to convey these concepts and ideas on this web page.
• Encourage the likes of Starry Night, Red Shift, Sky & Telescope, Cosmic Watch, and other authoritative astronomical publishers to implement “apparent solar noon” (not simply solar noon) and “apparent solar midnight” and perhaps even depict the plan of midnight.
• Produce an app that uses a mobile device’s GPS to determine and depict “apparent solar noon” and “apparent solar midnight”, along with conventional time.
• Produce an app that lets you place a “Gaocheng” like observatory anywhere on the earth (simple flat featureless earth) and observe the ecliptic from its N/S line gazing thru its aperture. In time, we want to extend this app to convey both how to create a master midnight meridian star map, and how to apply that map from a distant shore. Another variant of this app would be to show consecutive views from multiple observatories across the earth. This would greatly facilitate comprehension of this methodology.
• Astrolabe:
  1. Generate a data projection of the entire 360 degree ecliptic.
  2. From the ecliptic data projection, create 36 disks virtual brass disks, one disk for each 10 degrees.
  3. Create a virtual astrolabe app using the interchangeable 36 disks that adjusts for precession and yearly fraction of solar day skew.
• Slide rule:
  1. From the ecliptic data projection, create 36 slide rule like virtual sticks, likewise with one stick for each 10 degrees.
  2. Create a virtual slide rule using the 36 interchangeable sticks. The alignment of the stick within the slide rule would provide for compensation for precession and yearly fractional rotation, and the cursor indicating the view thru the observatory’s aperture.

If you would like to discuss creating one of the above or participate in any other way, Contact Us here…