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Re: OT: Quick homework help :-)
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:55:41 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.pt, Robert McLean writes:
> Hi Pedro,
> I live in the Sydney region, approx 33degrees south. I really notice the
> differnece in angle of the sun from winter to summer. I am fortunate in
> having a north-facing verandah where i often enjoy breakfast and dinner,
> anyway (enough of my life story) the sun rises quite north of east in
> winter, due east at the spring equinox, and a bit south of east in summer.
Got it. So changing North and South to apply here... it fits my guess. Now I
have to make a model to explain it :-P
> This peaks at the summer soltice, approx Dec 21, and returns to due east on
> the autumn equinox. I actually notice this more at sunset as the sun comes
> through the kitchen window...
Now changing dates to use here, I get June 21. That was the real bugger to
having my work "confirmed", since these classes end in January. Not enough
time to check with my own eyes the meaning of it.
> At midday on midwinter the sun is very low in the sky and due north.
Very low? That's odd... since you live 33ºS, I would expect a higher angle
than here (41ºN), where I hardly ever noticed a low angle. But then again, I
never paid much attention to it before :-(
Or you mean *compared to* summertime? That I can figure.
> However, on midday on midsummer the sun is very high but it is slightly
> south in the sky, that is, slightly south of its zenith.
South? :-S
Wait a second... in December the Sun is *South* of you? I'm here with a
paper circle trying to figure out how that is possible, but no success -
that should only happen between the tropics, shouldn't it?
> Hope this helps...
It does, Robert - Thank you!
Still, new questions arise for me now... my teacher will get completely fed
up with my questions today! :-D
Pedro (weather too cloudy to even check the sun's position today... :-/ )
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| Hi Pedro, Not sure if you've got all the info you need now, but I'm in Tasmania (-42deg58'). I don't often see sunrise as I have a baby that doesn't go to sleep until around midnight and sunrise today was 0532 daylight savings time, I need much more (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) Hi Pedro, I live in the Sydney region, approx 33degrees south. I really notice the differnece in angle of the sun from winter to summer. I am fortunate in having a north-facing verandah where i often enjoy breakfast and dinner, anyway (enough (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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