On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:51:27 +0000 Vernon Jenkins
<vernon.jenkins@virgin.net> writes:
> The first question I would like to ask is this: Are you really speaking
> as a scientist when you claim that "a gas cloud (was) previously
ejected
> from the star"? Clearly, no one can have witnessed this event! Thus we
> don't KNOW that this is a true explanation of the astronomers'
> observations, and to claim it to be proof that the velocity of light
has
> remained constant over the past 170,000 years appears to be wishful
> thinking on your part.
From what I understand of SN1987A, it doesn't matter what the origin of
the spherical shell of gas was. There are some assumptions which may
affect the result, and I'll admit I still don't completely understand the
analysis even though Glenn has tried to explain it previously. I think
the ejection of the gas cloud is reasonable, but I don't think it really
matters how it got there. The point is that it is there and it may
indeed provide a yardstick for distance as Glenn maintains.
I would love to see the flaws in the logic if there are any, or the
assumptions which may not be valid, but as yet I can't pick any out.
Bill Payne
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