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The Ferry Man

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The Earths Orbital Axis Rotation for Dover (aka My Sun set in the wrong place)
« on: April 19, 2011, 21:34:54 »
OK I am on MP, and my sun is setting... On Dover...

With a course of 302'  this seems a bit very north?

Never been on a ferry crossing with the sun setting ON Dover...
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Re: The Earths Orbital Axis Rotation for Dover (aka My Sun set in the wrong place)
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2011, 22:02:04 »
Haha well spotted :)
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LucAtC

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Re: The Earths Orbital Axis Rotation for Dover (aka My Sun set in the wrong place)
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2011, 22:29:10 »
Hello TFM,

Not exactly well spotted, it is a sign that you didn't cross the Strait of Dover around the summer solstice, when the sun sets at this azimuth. But then, it is around 19:30 GMT (21:30 B), and if you had a different date, it would indeed be wrong.

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Luc
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The Ferry Man

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Re: The Earths Orbital Axis Rotation for Dover (aka My Sun set in the wrong place)
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2011, 22:29:56 »
Ahh OK

Thansk for the explanation Luc   :)
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LucAtC

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Re: The Earths Orbital Axis Rotation for Dover (aka My Sun set in the wrong place)
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2011, 22:34:36 »
To check it by yourself, you can look at WinStars 2 (http://www.winstars.net/english/download.html), a nice and easy astronomy program.  8)
Luc
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Re: The Earths Orbital Axis Rotation for Dover (aka My Sun set in the wrong place)
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2011, 22:38:20 »
Hi TFM,
If you had been in the north of Scotland it would have been even further towards the north.
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The Ferry Man

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Re: The Earths Orbital Axis Rotation for Dover (aka My Sun set in the wrong place)
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 00:38:57 »
Ahh good point

and of course the North Pole has 24 hour sunshine  :doh:

Didn't think of it like that
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