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one could always use the poem for equation of time that I first saw in "The Lo-Tech Navigator by Tony Crowley, inspiration sprung from "Emergency Navigation" by David Burch according to author, uncertain on copyright so i wil not reproduce it here.
it gives an interesting way to memorize the equation of time.
To that poem I added (ok, ok, tried to) memorizing 7 points of the analemma across 8 dates.
both solsitces Dec ±23.44°
December 22 is -1m 20s
June is +1m40s
if both are taken as 1.5

both equinoxes Dec 0° (again easy part)
September one is -8m
March is +7m20s

crossing point april 13 <-> August 30 Dec N9° +35S
add to that four points of the sides
may 14 Dec N18.8° and -3m45s
jul 26 Dec N19.5° +6m33s
and
february 10 Dec S +14.5° +14m14s
november 6th Dec S 16° -16m 27s

If you remember these you could plot thm on some paper and join them by hand to end up with a reasonable analema giving values for declination and equation of time to surprizing precission, I usually get within 30' when using this not GPS but...

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