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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Picturesque Equinox Sunset
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 20 Mar, 2022 | Image Credit & Copyright: Roland Christen

Posted on 03/20/2022 4:50:03 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: What's that at the end of the road? The Sun. Many towns have roads that run east - west, and on two days each year, the Sun rises and sets right down the middle. Today is one of those days: an equinox. Not only is today a day of equal night ("aequus"-"nox") and day time, but also a day when the sun rises precisely to the east and sets due west. Featured here is a picturesque road in northwest Illinois, USA that runs approximately east -west. The image was taken during the March Equinox of 2015, and shows the Sun down the road at sunset. In many cultures, this March equinox is taken to be the first day of a season, typically spring in Earth's northern hemisphere, and autumn in the south. Does your favorite street run east - west? Tonight, at sunset, you can find out with a quick glance.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
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To: Repeal The 17th

It’s cloudy here now.
I’m at 41deg N and 89deg W
You can check that it’s cloudy here.
The Sun at my location, and at every location, rises due East, and sets due West, these figures are for today, 24 hrs aren’t gonna matter that much.
The Sun’s height in the sky was approximately 49deg due South at it’s heighest point (Mid day).
At 0deg, 89deg West Latitude, the Sun Rises due East, rises to 90deg over the horizon, and sets due West.
At 41deg S Latitude and 89deg W Longitude, the Sun rises Due East.
AtLocal Noon, it’s heighest point is approx. 46deg Due North.
It sets Due West.
I used a very tried and true astronomy app, Sky Safari Pro, which I have made use of for a number of years, now, to simulate the local sky at those locations.

The Sun rises Due East and sets Due West. The difference is that in the winter, the days are shorter because the Sun is lower in the sky. As the Earth moves around the Sun, the seasons change, the days get longer because the Sun is heighest.
I don’t mean to insult you, because I’m sure you know some of this stuff.
Once again, I thank you for your service. Not only do I respect you for it , but I really do admire you for it.
But I am done with this.


21 posted on 03/21/2022 5:53:37 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Repeal The 17th

It’s cloudy here now.
I’m at 41deg N and 89deg W
You can check that it’s cloudy here.
The Sun at my location, and at every location, rises due East, and sets due West, these figures are for today, 24 hrs aren’t gonna matter that much.
The Sun’s height in the sky was approximately 49deg due South at it’s heighest point (Mid day).
At 0deg, 89deg West Latitude, the Sun Rises due East, rises to 90deg over the horizon, and sets due West.
At 41deg S Latitude and 89deg W Longitude, the Sun rises Due East.
AtLocal Noon, it’s heighest point is approx. 46deg Due North.
It sets Due West.
I used a very tried and true astronomy app, Sky Safari Pro, which I have made use of for a number of years, now, to simulate the local sky at those locations.

The Sun rises Due East and sets Due West. The difference is that in the winter, the days are shorter because the Sun is lower in the sky. As the Earth moves around the Sun, the seasons change, the days get longer because the Sun is heighest.
I don’t mean to insult you, because I’m sure you know some of this stuff.
Once again, I thank you for your service. Not only do I respect you for it , but I really do admire you for it.
But I am done with this.


22 posted on 03/21/2022 6:08:47 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: telescope115

2x post- my bad.


23 posted on 03/21/2022 6:09:51 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: telescope115

I know you say you are done with this, but...
“...The Sun at my location, and at every location,
rises due East, and sets due West...”
...is just absolutely geometrically impossible.


24 posted on 03/21/2022 6:17:38 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Educating you is impossible.
Just go away.
End of discussion.


25 posted on 03/21/2022 8:06:44 PM PDT by oldbill
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