h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Sorry it took a few more days. I think I've fixed the parallax - can someone have a look and see if it's any better?

post 25 - Traveller in Time
fixed the craters. Cheers.

post 32 - shagbark
Flamsteed's in.

post 36 - Gnomon
I think I've got all those, thank you.

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Everything except the moose/elk/deer/reindeer puzzle...

The 'moose' came from the original entry, 'elk' was from a couple of my other sources.
There's a conversation on the HooToo entry on Moose that states the picture isn't very good, and is probably a reindeer and details the confusion between alg, moose, and elk.

"The creature called elk in Europe is a member of the species (Alces alces) known in North America as moose." Britannica.com via answers.com. I'm going with Gnomon, and calling it Elk throughout.

It may be a tad flippant with the footnote, and I think Elk-owner has less of a ring to it than moose-owner but there we go. This is about Tycho, not deer

For ease of loading the entry: Entry: Tycho Brahe - Astronomer - A16311089 Author: Rockhound - U889233 Flea Market rescue: Entry: Tycho de Brahe - How the truth can be stranger than fiction - A708536 Author: Portable Chaos - U171738 Old PR thread:http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/F85507?thread=171482

looks good to me. I'll accept it being an elk throughout. As you say this is an article on the man not his pet. I also think it looks better without the hyperlink in the intro.

I don't think your explanation of parallax is quite as good as it could be:

"Parallax is where an object, in this case a star is seen to apparently move as a result of the perspective of the observer changing (such as the Earth's orbit)"

First, put a comma after star.

the perspective of the observer --> the viewpoint of the observer

(such as the Earth's orbit) --> (such as the Earth moving from one extreme of its orbit to the other)

I think that should do it.

sorry to seem picky but in the paragraph about the death of the elk
you state
note the change in Capitalization. I don't know if BBC requires capitals for nouns specifying mammals but I am sure they would want you to be consistant.

Thank you for the help with parallax Gnomon.

Shagbark - capitals removed from the elk, and I've disciplined the typist for the shoddy work!

Any more for any more?

Looks good. this is an article that I am happy to have my name asssociated with.

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Rockhound and the original author

Traveller in Time looking up
"We should name those s "

thanks all - Reviewers and Researchers

my first flea market rescue!

Well done