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Re: Emergency sun declination
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 May 20, 21:39 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 May 20, 21:39 -0400
In the absence of a plotting sheet, one could draw in the points of the compass rose, NE, NNE, etc, with a compass or dividers, although that certainly couldn't give you a degree for every day. Fred On May 20, 2004, at 5:46 PM, Frank Reed wrote: > Doug R wrote: > "It is a straight forward procedure.But you must have a rose or > universal plotting sheet." > > That's the nice thing about this approach compared to the draw your > own circle approach. As Ken mentioned, the tricky part is dividing up > the points around the hand-drawn circle. A printed compass rose at > least gives you a reliable starting point. > > And: > "6.Multiply that ratio by 22.50*(degree)" > > That's a typo, I assume (it was in Jim's post, too). It should be > 23.5 degrees. > > Frank R > [ ] Mystic, Connecticut > [X] Chicago, Illinois