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Re: Emergency sun declination
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 May 25, 21:14 -0300
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 May 25, 21:14 -0300
Ahh, so. Does it look right now, Bill? http://jimthompson.net/boating/CelestialNav/SunDeclination.htm Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Noyce, Bill > It's a nice method, and a nice picture, but the dates are in the wrong > places. (Unfortunately, picking 45 degrees doesn't show the error.) > You want the solstices at top and bottom, and the equinoxes on the two > sides, so the declination is zero at each equinox...