Since nobody has ever been able to explain why the stars appear to rotate in the opposite directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres (on a Flat Earth), I thought I'd try to come up with something. I knew it was flawed from the start, and I was wondering if anyone could point out why. Did you understand what I was trying to say about how the Celestial sphere rotates as you travel South?
Even were the canopy rotating, the stars would appear like this from a fixed vantage point by the same laws of perspective that apply to all other heavenly bodies. Just like the planets, however, many stars have been shown to have independent motion.
You totally missed the point, although that's partly my fault. I really needed to add some pictures but it's complicated. Forget it. My point was that the only way I could explain the change in the direction of rotation of the stars (or the canopy) was to have it tilt as you move north and south. Obviously that can't work because it would have to be in a different position for every observer, if the Earth is flat, and the canopy is moving.
Of course this problem is easily solved if the Earth is round, because the angle you see the sky at changes with latitude.
And no, no, a thousand times no, perspective has nothing to do with the how the world seems to rotate above us, setting and rising at the horizon. If you can show me how this is supposed to work I will have to take that back, but I am certain you can't.