Thanks again for reminding me that you have already surveyed some of these objects. I am aware that they are at different angles depending on the observer's location. Another complication is that we have no measurement of altitude on atys- the jungle could be km higher or lower than the lakes- In the desert specifically the Ringed planet seems to rise higher than in the lakes, even after considering the walls blocking the horizon. I think if the observer is at a lower altitude the ringed planet should appear to be higher in the sky? same for the "sun" i think.
You're right, there is no polar area visible, but it is very easy to infer which direction it would be. I'm not sure if it is always under the horizon or behind another obstacle or even if Atys is a shape other than the sphere that our client icon indicates. If Atys were more cylindrical than spherical we would not be able to see much of the polar stars. The wobble that was suggested as an explaination for the behavior of the ringed planet could also explain why we don't see the traditional set of polar stars that rotate around a specific point.
We've established that the sky as currently animated does not comply with a "newtonian" system as you would say and moved on to hypothetical situations based on the observations that do make sense. The location of the axis is based on what I can see and yes is a hypothetical- we've already said that whats in the sky basically cannot be real for various reasons, so no, I cannot point to the North star of Atys- but if the stars go from SE to NW then the Axis is somewhere near NE-SW.
You're right, there is no polar area visible, but it is very easy to infer which direction it would be. I'm not sure if it is always under the horizon or behind another obstacle or even if Atys is a shape other than the sphere that our client icon indicates. If Atys were more cylindrical than spherical we would not be able to see much of the polar stars. The wobble that was suggested as an explaination for the behavior of the ringed planet could also explain why we don't see the traditional set of polar stars that rotate around a specific point.
We've established that the sky as currently animated does not comply with a "newtonian" system as you would say and moved on to hypothetical situations based on the observations that do make sense. The location of the axis is based on what I can see and yes is a hypothetical- we've already said that whats in the sky basically cannot be real for various reasons, so no, I cannot point to the North star of Atys- but if the stars go from SE to NW then the Axis is somewhere near NE-SW.