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Old 14-January-2007, 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Kaptain K View Post
IIRC (It's been awhile since I've been to GLP), the "alignment" is that in 2012, the galactic longitude of the winter swolstice will be zero.
As far as I can see, the zero point of galactic latitude/longitude sits several degrees south of the ecliptic. Sgr A* isn't at the coordinate origin, but it isn't near the ecliptic, either.
It certainly looks like the whole galaxy thing is being shoehorned into the Mayan calendar for dramatic effect.
Surprise.

Grant Hutchison