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Re: equinox
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Mar 20, 22:53 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Mar 20, 22:53 -0500
Yes, yet another blunder on my part. On Mar 20, 2004, at 6:07 PM, Trevor J. Kenchington wrote: > Don't think so, Fred. > > As you noted, the equinox occurred at 0648 GMT this morning. At 72W > longitude, that is 0200 LMT, so the Sun cannot have been on that > meridian at the time. > > Sun's GHA at 0648 GMT this morning was 220degrees 7.7', which would > place it over the 139degree 52.3' East meridian -- roughly the meridian > of Adelaide, South Australia. > > > Trevor Kenchington > > > You wrote: > >> I hope my wife won't yell at me for taking the time to report that the >> longitude would have been 72degrees 0.0' W at 0 declination. >> > > > -- > Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca > Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 > R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 > Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 > > Science Serving the Fisheries > http://home.istar.ca/~gadus >
