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Seam 24°42′

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The Book’s 24°42′ seam (precessional / galactic-equator neighbor)

Sidney Hall’s hand-coloured 1824 engraving of Pisces with a glowing gold arc along the ecliptic from the 1978 vernal point, where it crosses the dashed celestial equator below the western fish, 24°42′ east to sidereal 0° Aries near the cord of the fishes.

EngravingSidney Hall, Urania’s Mirror (1824)Public domainpositions JPL DE421

Twenty-four degrees forty-two minutes is a printed seam, not a second rainbow. 24 | 42 remain distinct marks.

What it supports

A named Book/CIPHER plate. Approximate sky-angle, labeled as such.

What it does not

Not the footer seal counted a hundred times. Not proof of a galactic law.

ExactnessApproximate

FormComposite 24 | 42

Unit° ′

Strengthmemoir

Source

The Book of 42 · seam 24°42′

Owner

CIPHER