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From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2012 Sep 27, 11:18 -0700
You didn't state the times of your observations, if they were taken at about sunrise and sunset then the azimuths of the sun should be almost straight east and west. This is due to the declination being close to zero. On the dates of the equinoxes the sun rises on an azimuth of 090 and sets on an azimuth of 270 as observed from everyplace on earth. At low latitudes, say within the tropics, the azimuths at rising and setting are very close to 90 (or 270) plus or minus the declination. gl --- On Thu, 9/27/12, Brad Morris <bradley.r.morris@gmail.com> wrote:
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