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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-3--624832771 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Thanks Sherman, I always enjoy your celestial emails! Lynn Ellis On 10-Dec-08, at 2:30 PM, Sherman Williams wrote: > For those near 45 degrees north latitude, TODAY marks the EARLIEST > SUNSET (about 4:34 p.m. here in Avonport). Starting tomorrow the > Sun begins to set a little later, not by any large amount, but by > Dec 31 Sun is setting about 11 minutes later than today (4:45 p.m., > about the time Sun was setting on Nov 17th). Latest sunrise is > not until Jan 2nd. December 21st is the shortest daylight. > > Thinking about this, I created a diagram (using Starry Night > software) to show Sun's position relative to the horizon at about > 4:35 p.m. each day through December. It is actually the very > southern tip of the analemma, when the Sun is near the winter > solstice, as it is now. > Diagram at http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/analemma1.html > or http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html > > Sherman --Apple-Mail-3--624832771 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Thanks Sherman, I always enjoy your celestial = emails!<div><br></div><div>Lynn Ellis<br><div><div>On 10-Dec-08, at 2:30 = PM, Sherman Williams wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> For those = near 45 degrees north latitude, TODAY marks the EARLIEST SUNSET (about = 4:34 p.m. here in Avonport). Starting tomorrow the Sun begins to set a = little later, not by any large amount, but by Dec 31 Sun is setting = about 11 minutes later than today (4:45 p.m., about the time Sun was = setting on Nov 17th). =A0 =A0Latest sunrise is not until Jan 2nd. = =A0December 21st is the shortest daylight.<div><br></div><div>Thinking = about this, I created a diagram (using Starry Night software) to show = Sun's position relative to the horizon at about 4:35 p.m. each day = through December. It is actually the very southern tip of the analemma, = when the Sun is near the winter solstice, as it is = now.</div><div>Diagram at =A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/analemma1.html">http://web.ma= c.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/analemma1.html</a></div><div><div><div>or =A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html">http://web.m= ac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Sher= man</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3--624832771--
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