I did some measurements last night and they do confirm that the nebula must be closer than the sun, but also added to my confusion.
I did the experiment by looking at the sky from near the Kara TP in Void, and then teleporting to Fairhaven. (This is about the longest line of sight that can be quickly traversed that is mostly North-south, thus emphasizing the parallax view of the sun/light source.)
That parallax motion changes the direction of the sun from being 15 to 20 deg. south of east to being due east. The same jump took changed the direction of the nebula from about 15 degrees east of south to more like 70 degrees east of south and obviously closer to the apparent position of the sun.
Based on this, the nebula is not only closer to Atys than the Sun, but *substantially* closer. However, it also introduces another problem, because in both locations the nebula passes quite close to directly overhead at 0h, meaning that the plane of it's path changes angle depending upon the location of the observer. (I.e. it moves aporox. S->N in Void and E->W in Fairhaven. I have yet to figure the geometry that will account for that.
However, I have not seen any variation of the nebula motion with the seasons. (Ditto for the ringed and orange objects.)
Deep thinking is in the future.
I did the experiment by looking at the sky from near the Kara TP in Void, and then teleporting to Fairhaven. (This is about the longest line of sight that can be quickly traversed that is mostly North-south, thus emphasizing the parallax view of the sun/light source.)
That parallax motion changes the direction of the sun from being 15 to 20 deg. south of east to being due east. The same jump took changed the direction of the nebula from about 15 degrees east of south to more like 70 degrees east of south and obviously closer to the apparent position of the sun.
Based on this, the nebula is not only closer to Atys than the Sun, but *substantially* closer. However, it also introduces another problem, because in both locations the nebula passes quite close to directly overhead at 0h, meaning that the plane of it's path changes angle depending upon the location of the observer. (I.e. it moves aporox. S->N in Void and E->W in Fairhaven. I have yet to figure the geometry that will account for that.
However, I have not seen any variation of the nebula motion with the seasons. (Ditto for the ringed and orange objects.)
Deep thinking is in the future.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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