  Applying these considerations to the fixed stars and assuming that it is possible that the (conformal) metrical field which determines the  cones of light propagation (light cones) at each point of the  plasticine, is carried along by the continuous transformation of the  plasticine, then both the earth and the fixed stars will be at rest  with respect to the plasticine’s coordinate system. Yet despite this  the “star compass” is rotating with respect to the earth, exactly as we observe! 