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Re: Sun's daily azimuth change
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 Jan 7, 21:41 -0800
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 Jan 7, 21:41 -0800
Mike,
Using the amplitude formula:
sin A = sin Dec / cos Lat
I get azimuth changes that are gradually rising from 0.16 to 0.18 degrees per day at this time of the year at your latitude.
Peter Hakel
From: Mike Burkes <m_burkes@msn.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 12:30 PM
Subject: [NavList] Sun's daily azimuth change
Using the amplitude formula:
sin A = sin Dec / cos Lat
I get azimuth changes that are gradually rising from 0.16 to 0.18 degrees per day at this time of the year at your latitude.
Peter Hakel
From: Mike Burkes <m_burkes@msn.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 12:30 PM
Subject: [NavList] Sun's daily azimuth change
Hi folks,I am goimg to take the lazy way out on this: At Latitude 34N,Long 118W what is the daily azimuth change of the setting Sun at this time of year? Thanks much.
Mike Burkes
626-833-1521
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