Since it appears to be a slow news week, I'll take the opportunity to ask for
some help on a conceptual problem I've been having.
I know the moon can be used with a sun dial to tell time at night. I now look
at the moon with a new appreciation. But I can't get the hang of predicting
where the
predicting where the moon will be at a given time, and vice versa
Question: is there an easy way to understand AND remember how the moon moves
throughout the month?
The moon's motions have been predictable since at least the 1700s, when
'lunars' were used to navigate. 'Understanding
No wonder there is a power problem around there!
Frans
Actually it is dark, but the lights are on. See the amazing photo at
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
Daniel Wenger
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Frans W. Maes
Peize, The Netherlands
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In the birthplace of Unilever, Port Sunlight village (UK), there used to be
a rather impressive sundial - a 6 to 7 foot pillar, on top of which was a
sphinx, on top of which was a cross sundial, originally installed in about
1895.
I have seen pictures of it, with the first Lord Leverhulme
Apparently microsoft.com and all associated servers of mail have had
intermittent, day long outages over the past week. This is probably the
cause of the email slowdown.
See this link:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/microsoft010125_1.html.html
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Apparently Microsoft
Actually it is dark, but the lights are on. See the amazing photo at
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
Daniel Wenger
We amateur astronomers call that 'Light Pollution'.
http://www.darksky.org/ida/index.html
Hello sundiallers !
What a pleasure, reading again good news under the sun !
I do work like Mike Shaw, even when I'm not in a hurry !
On my first times in sundialling, ten years ago, I realised an accurate
horizontal sundial, and according with a radiopiloted watch, two levels
and a rotating
Hello All,
I guess I should have read today's list postings before I sent in my
question, how surprising to find a potential solution to my problem
already posted! Thanks Bill, I will try your method. I have a brand
new sparkling NASS Repository disk right in front of me, since I just
joined
