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Gnomon
solar altitude = 60 degrees 12 height of gnomon = 85 cm
How does the shadow length vary with the altitude of the Sun? 0 visualize
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1 1200
10 170 slope y-intercept x-intercept
11.5 0 -114.44 1314.44 11.4854 1.48544
1 1200
0
10 0
10 -100 10 170
11.4854 -100 11.4854 0
11.4854 -100 10 0
10 -100 1 -100
10 -100
11.4854 -100
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spring 12 2
summer 12 9.1
fall 12 2
winter 12 2
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Sinex 2009
The peg patterns are generalized!
3 2 or 4 5
summer winter
Time solstice equinox solstice
8 8:00 AM 8 6.8 6.8 12 10 2 12 15.2 2
9 9:00 AM 9 7.5 7.5 12 10 2 12 13.7 2
10 10:00 AM 10 8.2 8.2 12 10 2 12 12.5 2
11 11:00 AM 11 8.8 8.8 12 10 2 12 11.5 2
12 12:00 PM 12 9.1 9.1 12 10 2 12 11 2
13 1:00 PM 13 8.8 8.8 12 10 2 12 11.5 2
14 2:00 PM 14 8.2 8.2 12 10 2 12 12.5 2
15 3:00 PM 15 7.5 7.5 12 10 2 12 13.7 2
16 4:00 PM 16 6.8 6.8 12 10 2 12 15.2 2
17 5:00 PM 17 6 6 12 10 2 12 16.7 2
18 6:00 PM 18 5.2 5.2 12 10 2
Determining the Relative Air Mass
solar altitude = 60 degrees
How is the pathlength through the atmosphere
influenced by the solar altitude?
5 1500
5 0
5 500 5 1500
25 0
18.33333 500 5 1500 Space
50 0
35 500
3 3 3 Earth's
Atmosphere
Land
0o Sun is vertically Latitude 90o
overhead!! m = 1/sin a = 1.15 (using solar altitude above)
This defines
the relative air How does latitude on Earth influences pathlength?
mass of m = 1.
(atmospheric thickness) Is the surface of the Earth flat?
Sinex 2009
Altitude Calculator Enter data in yellow cells If you have blank times add =na() to the cell
to allow the points to connect on the graph
shadow calculated measured relative
time length, cm altitude altitude air mass height of gnomon = 85 cm
8:00 218 21.3 23 2.75
Altitude (degrees)
shadow length, cm calculated altitude measured altitude
9:00 122 34.9 36 1.75
9:30 99 40.6 41 1.54 250 80
10:00 84 45.3 47 1.41
70
10:30 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
200
11:00 55 57.1 56 1.19 60
11:30 44 62.6 62 1.13
12:00 37 66.5 67 1.09 150 50
12:30 30.5 70.3 70 1.06 40
13:00 27 72.4 73 1.05
100 30
13:30 27 72.4 73 1.05
14:00 29 71.2 70 1.06
20
14:30 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 50
15:00 44 62.6 59 1.13 10
15:30 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
0 0
16:00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
16:30 80.5 46.6 46 1.38
17:00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Time
17:30 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
18:00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
Sinex 2009
Gnomon Data
### 8-Aug-95 8-Jul-09 How to measure altitude…
Winter Winter Summer Summer Summer Summer
Time Shadow Le Altitude Shadow Le Altitude Shadow LeAltitude (cAltitude (measured)
8:00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 218 21.3 23 H= 85 cm
8:30 475 10.6 179 24.9 161 27.8 30
Altitude (degrees)
9:00 341 14.6 147 29.5 122 34.9 36
9:30 264 18.6 118 35.1 99 40.6 41
Gnomon Results
10:00 220 22 98 40.3 84 45.3 47 500 70
10:30 190 25.1 79 46.4 #N/A #N/A #N/A 450
60
11:00 174 27.1 69 50.3 55 57.1 56 400
11:30 159 29.2 56 56 44 62.6 62 50
350 Winter Shadow
12:00 #N/A #N/A 46 61 37 66.5 67 Length (cm)
300
12:30 153 30.2 41 63.7 30.5 70.3 70 40
250 Summer Shadow
13:00 156 29.7 37.5 65.7 27 72.4 73
Length (cm)
30
13:30 #N/A #N/A 37.5 65.7 27 72.4 73 200
Winter Altitude
14:00 177 26.7 39 64.8 29 71.2 70 150 20
14:30 #N/A #N/A 45 61.5 #N/A #N/A #N/A Summer Altitude
100
15:00 #N/A #N/A 63 52.8 44 62.6 59 10
50
15:30 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
16:00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 0 0
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12:00
13:30
14:30
15:00
10:00
12:30
13:00
14:00
11:00
11:30
8:00
9:00
8:30
9:30
16:30 80.5 46.6 46
Time
S h a d o w Length (cm )
A ltitud e (d egrees)
Sinex 2009
8 July 2009 Data
250 80
70
200
60 Shadow
Length
150 50
(cm)
40
100 Altitude
30 (calculated
20 )
50
10
0 0
Time
Solar Declination and Finding Your Latitude
Day of year date d What is the solar declination?
Pick day of year with scroll bar: 1 1-Jan -23.01 degrees
s ola r d e c lin a t io n (d e g r e e s )
✘ start of 1seasons
0 23.45 81 0
365 23.45 172 23.45
30
0 -23.45 263.5 0
365 -23.45 355 -23.45 ✘ 1
maximun/minimum declination
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0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360
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Day of year Earth
-30
✘ 1
start of seasons
Time Correction. minutes
81 -7.53
172 -1.45
20
263 7.35
15
355 1.38
10
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5
4
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0 30 60 90 120 150 2
180 210 240 270 300 330 360
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Sinex 2009
day - N B E
1 1-Jan -1.37714 -3.70518
2 2-Jan -1.35992 -4.14971
3 3-Jan -1.34271 -4.58942
4 4-Jan -1.32549 -5.02391
5 5-Jan -1.30828 -5.45277
6 6-Jan -1.29107 -5.87562
7 7-Jan -1.27385 -6.29207
8 8-Jan -1.25664 -6.70175
9 9-Jan -1.23942 -7.10429
10 10-Jan -1.22221 -7.49932
11 11-Jan -1.20499 -7.8865
12 12-Jan -1.18778 -8.26548
13 13-Jan -1.17057 -8.63593
14 14-Jan -1.15335 -8.99752
15 15-Jan -1.13614 -9.34995
16 16-Jan -1.11892 -9.6929
17 17-Jan -1.10171 -10.0261
18 18-Jan -1.08449 -10.3492
19 19-Jan -1.06728 -10.6621
20 20-Jan -1.05007 -10.9643
21 21-Jan -1.03285 -11.2557
22 22-Jan -1.01564 -11.5361
23 23-Jan -0.99842 -11.8052
24 24-Jan -0.98121 -12.0628
25 25-Jan -0.964 -12.3087
26 26-Jan -0.94678 -12.5428
27 27-Jan -0.92957 -12.7648
28 28-Jan -0.91235 -12.9746
29 29-Jan -0.89514 -13.1721
30 30-Jan -0.87792 -13.3571
31 31-Jan -0.86071 -13.5296
32 1-Feb -0.8435 -13.6893
33 2-Feb -0.82628 -13.8363
34 3-Feb -0.80907 -13.9705
35 4-Feb -0.79185 -14.0917
36 5-Feb -0.77464 -14.2
37 6-Feb -0.75743 -14.2953
38 7-Feb -0.74021 -14.3777
39 8-Feb -0.723 -14.447
40 9-Feb -0.70578 -14.5033
41 10-Feb -0.68857 -14.5467
42 11-Feb -0.67135 -14.5771
43 12-Feb -0.65414 -14.5947
44 13-Feb -0.63693 -14.5995
45 14-Feb -0.61971 -14.5916
46 15-Feb -0.6025 -14.5711
47 16-Feb -0.58528 -14.538
48 17-Feb -0.56807 -14.4926
49 18-Feb -0.55085 -14.4349
50 19-Feb -0.53364 -14.3651
51 20-Feb -0.51643 -14.2833
52 21-Feb -0.49921 -14.1898
53 22-Feb -0.482 -14.0848
54 23-Feb -0.46478 -13.9683
55 24-Feb -0.44757 -13.8407
56 25-Feb -0.43036 -13.7021
57 26-Feb -0.41314 -13.5528
58 27-Feb -0.39593 -13.393
59 28-Feb -0.37871 -13.2231
60 1-Mar -0.3615 -13.0431
61 2-Mar -0.34428 -12.8536
62 3-Mar -0.32707 -12.6546
63 4-Mar -0.30986 -12.4465
64 5-Mar -0.29264 -12.2297
65 6-Mar -0.27543 -12.0044
66 7-Mar -0.25821 -11.7709
67 8-Mar -0.241 -11.5296
68 9-Mar -0.22378 -11.2808
69 10-Mar -0.20657 -11.0249
70 11-Mar -0.18936 -10.7622
71 12-Mar -0.17214 -10.4931
72 13-Mar -0.15493 -10.2179
73 14-Mar -0.13771 -9.93702
74 15-Mar -0.1205 -9.65079
75 16-Mar -0.10329 -9.3596
76 17-Mar -0.08607 -9.06384
77 18-Mar -0.06886 -8.76389
78 19-Mar -0.05164 -8.46015
79 20-Mar -0.03443 -8.15299
80 21-Mar -0.01721 -7.84281
81 22-Mar 0 -7.53
82 23-Mar 0.017214 -7.21496
83 24-Mar 0.034428 -6.89809
84 25-Mar 0.051643 -6.57978
85 26-Mar 0.068857 -6.26042
86 27-Mar 0.086071 -5.94041
87 28-Mar 0.103285 -5.62014
88 29-Mar 0.120499 -5.30001
89 30-Mar 0.137714 -4.9804
90 31-Mar 0.154928 -4.6617
91 1-Apr 0.172142 -4.3443
92 2-Apr 0.189356 -4.02856
93 3-Apr 0.20657 -3.71488
94 4-Apr 0.223785 -3.40362
95 5-Apr 0.240999 -3.09515
96 6-Apr 0.258213 -2.78983
97 7-Apr 0.275427 -2.48801
98 8-Apr 0.292642 -2.19005
99 9-Apr 0.309856 -1.89629
100 10-Apr 0.32707 -1.60706
101 11-Apr 0.344284 -1.32269
102 12-Apr 0.361498 -1.0435
103 13-Apr 0.378713 -0.76981
104 14-Apr 0.395927 -0.50192
105 15-Apr 0.413141 -0.24012
106 16-Apr 0.430355 0.015291
107 17-Apr 0.447569 0.264049
108 18-Apr 0.464784 0.505883
109 19-Apr 0.481998 0.740536
110 20-Apr 0.499212 0.967763
111 21-Apr 0.516426 1.187329
112 22-Apr 0.53364 1.399008
113 23-Apr 0.550855 1.602589
114 24-Apr 0.568069 1.797869
115 25-Apr 0.585283 1.984659
116 26-Apr 0.602497 2.162781
117 27-Apr 0.619711 2.332069
118 28-Apr 0.636926 2.49237
119 29-Apr 0.65414 2.643544
120 30-Apr 0.671354 2.785461
121 1-May 0.688568 2.918007
122 2-May 0.705782 3.04108
123 3-May 0.722997 3.154588
124 4-May 0.740211 3.258458
125 5-May 0.757425 3.352624
126 6-May 0.774639 3.437037
127 7-May 0.791853 3.511661
128 8-May 0.809068 3.576471
129 9-May 0.826282 3.631458
130 10-May 0.843496 3.676626
131 11-May 0.86071 3.71199
132 12-May 0.877925 3.73758
133 13-May 0.895139 3.753439
134 14-May 0.912353 3.759623
135 15-May 0.929567 3.756201
136 16-May 0.946781 3.743255
137 17-May 0.963996 3.72088
138 18-May 0.98121 3.689182
139 19-May 0.998424 3.648283
140 20-May 1.015638 3.598313
141 21-May 1.032852 3.539418
142 22-May 1.050067 3.471753
143 23-May 1.067281 3.395487
144 24-May 1.084495 3.3108
145 25-May 1.101709 3.217881
146 26-May 1.118923 3.116934
147 27-May 1.136138 3.00817
148 28-May 1.153352 2.891814
149 29-May 1.170566 2.768097
150 30-May 1.18778 2.637264
151 31-May 1.204994 2.499567
152 1-Jun 1.222209 2.355268
153 2-Jun 1.239423 2.204639
154 3-Jun 1.256637 2.047958
155 4-Jun 1.273851 1.885513
156 5-Jun 1.291065 1.717601
157 6-Jun 1.30828 1.544523
158 7-Jun 1.325494 1.36659
159 8-Jun 1.342708 1.184119
160 9-Jun 1.359922 0.997432
161 10-Jun 1.377137 0.806857
162 11-Jun 1.394351 0.612731
163 12-Jun 1.411565 0.41539
164 13-Jun 1.428779 0.21518
165 14-Jun 1.445993 0.012447
166 15-Jun 1.463208 -0.19246
167 16-Jun 1.480422 -0.39918
168 17-Jun 1.497636 -0.60736
169 18-Jun 1.51485 -0.81663
170 19-Jun 1.532064 -1.02665
171 20-Jun 1.549279 -1.23704
172 21-Jun 1.566493 -1.44744
173 22-Jun 1.583707 -1.65749
174 23-Jun 1.600921 -1.86682
175 24-Jun 1.618135 -2.07507
176 25-Jun 1.63535 -2.28187
177 26-Jun 1.652564 -2.48687
178 27-Jun 1.669778 -2.6897
179 28-Jun 1.686992 -2.89001
180 29-Jun 1.704206 -3.08745
181 30-Jun 1.721421 -3.28165
182 1-Jul 1.738635 -3.47229
183 2-Jul 1.755849 -3.659
184 3-Jul 1.773063 -3.84145
185 4-Jul 1.790277 -4.01931
186 5-Jul 1.807492 -4.19226
187 6-Jul 1.824706 -4.35996
188 7-Jul 1.84192 -4.5221
189 8-Jul 1.859134 -4.67838
190 9-Jul 1.876348 -4.82848
191 10-Jul 1.893563 -4.97212
192 11-Jul 1.910777 -5.10901
193 12-Jul 1.927991 -5.23887
194 13-Jul 1.945205 -5.36143
195 14-Jul 1.96242 -5.47643
196 15-Jul 1.979634 -5.58361
197 16-Jul 1.996848 -5.68274
198 17-Jul 2.014062 -5.77358
199 18-Jul 2.031276 -5.85592
200 19-Jul 2.048491 -5.92953
201 20-Jul 2.065705 -5.99422
202 21-Jul 2.082919 -6.0498
203 22-Jul 2.100133 -6.0961
204 23-Jul 2.117347 -6.13294
205 24-Jul 2.134562 -6.16017
206 25-Jul 2.151776 -6.17765
207 26-Jul 2.16899 -6.18525
208 27-Jul 2.186204 -6.18285
209 28-Jul 2.203418 -6.17035
210 29-Jul 2.220633 -6.14766
211 30-Jul 2.237847 -6.11469
212 31-Jul 2.255061 -6.07137
213 1-Aug 2.272275 -6.01767
214 2-Aug 2.289489 -5.95353
215 3-Aug 2.306704 -5.87893
216 4-Aug 2.323918 -5.79387
217 5-Aug 2.341132 -5.69832
218 6-Aug 2.358346 -5.59233
219 7-Aug 2.37556 -5.4759
220 8-Aug 2.392775 -5.34908
221 9-Aug 2.409989 -5.21192
222 10-Aug 2.427203 -5.0645
223 11-Aug 2.444417 -4.9069
224 12-Aug 2.461632 -4.7392
225 13-Aug 2.478846 -4.56152
226 14-Aug 2.49606 -4.37398
227 15-Aug 2.513274 -4.17671
228 16-Aug 2.530488 -3.96986
229 17-Aug 2.547703 -3.75358
230 18-Aug 2.564917 -3.52806
231 19-Aug 2.582131 -3.29347
232 20-Aug 2.599345 -3.05001
233 21-Aug 2.616559 -2.79789
234 22-Aug 2.633774 -2.53734
235 23-Aug 2.650988 -2.26857
236 24-Aug 2.668202 -1.99184
237 25-Aug 2.685416 -1.7074
238 26-Aug 2.70263 -1.41552
239 27-Aug 2.719845 -1.11647
240 28-Aug 2.737059 -0.81053
241 29-Aug 2.754273 -0.498
242 30-Aug 2.771487 -0.17919
243 31-Aug 2.788701 0.14559
244 1-Sep 2.805916 0.476018
245 2-Sep 2.82313 0.811762
246 3-Sep 2.840344 1.152484
247 4-Sep 2.857558 1.497836
248 5-Sep 2.874772 1.847464
249 6-Sep 2.891987 2.201008
250 7-Sep 2.909201 2.558099
251 8-Sep 2.926415 2.918365
252 9-Sep 2.943629 3.281426
253 10-Sep 2.960843 3.646898
254 11-Sep 2.978058 4.014392
255 12-Sep 2.995272 4.383516
256 13-Sep 3.012486 4.753871
257 14-Sep 3.0297 5.125058
258 15-Sep 3.046915 5.496673
259 16-Sep 3.064129 5.868311
260 17-Sep 3.081343 6.239564
261 18-Sep 3.098557 6.610022
262 19-Sep 3.115771 6.979276
263 20-Sep 3.132986 7.346915
264 21-Sep 3.1502 7.712527
265 22-Sep 3.167414 8.075704
266 23-Sep 3.184628 8.436034
267 24-Sep 3.201842 8.79311
268 25-Sep 3.219057 9.146527
269 26-Sep 3.236271 9.495879
270 27-Sep 3.253485 9.840766
271 28-Sep 3.270699 10.18079
272 29-Sep 3.287913 10.51556
273 30-Sep 3.305128 10.84468
274 1-Oct 3.322342 11.16776
275 2-Oct 3.339556 11.48444
276 3-Oct 3.35677 11.79433
277 4-Oct 3.373984 12.09706
278 5-Oct 3.391199 12.39228
279 6-Oct 3.408413 12.67963
280 7-Oct 3.425627 12.95875
281 8-Oct 3.442841 13.22932
282 9-Oct 3.460055 13.49099
283 10-Oct 3.47727 13.74345
284 11-Oct 3.494484 13.98637
285 12-Oct 3.511698 14.21947
286 13-Oct 3.528912 14.44243
287 14-Oct 3.546127 14.65498
288 15-Oct 3.563341 14.85683
289 16-Oct 3.580555 15.04773
290 17-Oct 3.597769 15.22742
291 18-Oct 3.614983 15.39566
292 19-Oct 3.632198 15.55221
293 20-Oct 3.649412 15.69687
294 21-Oct 3.666626 15.82942
295 22-Oct 3.68384 15.94967
296 23-Oct 3.701054 16.05743
297 24-Oct 3.718269 16.15255
298 25-Oct 3.735483 16.23486
299 26-Oct 3.752697 16.30422
300 27-Oct 3.769911 16.3605
301 28-Oct 3.787125 16.4036
302 29-Oct 3.80434 16.43339
303 30-Oct 3.821554 16.44981
304 31-Oct 3.838768 16.45278
305 1-Nov 3.855982 16.44223
306 2-Nov 3.873196 16.41813
307 3-Nov 3.890411 16.38044
308 4-Nov 3.907625 16.32914
309 5-Nov 3.924839 16.26424
310 6-Nov 3.942053 16.18575
311 7-Nov 3.959267 16.09369
312 8-Nov 3.976482 15.98811
313 9-Nov 3.993696 15.86906
314 10-Nov 4.01091 15.73661
315 11-Nov 4.028124 15.59085
316 12-Nov 4.045338 15.43188
317 13-Nov 4.062553 15.2598
318 14-Nov 4.079767 15.07475
319 15-Nov 4.096981 14.87687
320 16-Nov 4.114195 14.6663
321 17-Nov 4.13141 14.44323
322 18-Nov 4.148624 14.20782
323 19-Nov 4.165838 13.96028
324 20-Nov 4.183052 13.70081
325 21-Nov 4.200266 13.42964
326 22-Nov 4.217481 13.14698
327 23-Nov 4.234695 12.8531
328 24-Nov 4.251909 12.54825
329 25-Nov 4.269123 12.2327
330 26-Nov 4.286337 11.90672
331 27-Nov 4.303552 11.57061
332 28-Nov 4.320766 11.22467
333 29-Nov 4.33798 10.86921
334 30-Nov 4.355194 10.50456
335 1-Dec 4.372408 10.13105
336 2-Dec 4.389623 9.749022
337 3-Dec 4.406837 9.358827
338 4-Dec 4.424051 8.960825
339 5-Dec 4.441265 8.555383
340 6-Dec 4.458479 8.142879
341 7-Dec 4.475694 7.723697
342 8-Dec 4.492908 7.298225
343 9-Dec 4.510122 6.866862
344 10-Dec 4.527336 6.430012
345 11-Dec 4.54455 5.988083
346 12-Dec 4.561765 5.541489
347 13-Dec 4.578979 5.09065
348 14-Dec 4.596193 4.63599
349 15-Dec 4.613407 4.177935
350 16-Dec 4.630622 3.716917
351 17-Dec 4.647836 3.253369
352 18-Dec 4.66505 2.787727
353 19-Dec 4.682264 2.32043
354 20-Dec 4.699478 1.851918
355 21-Dec 4.716693 1.382629
356 22-Dec 4.733907 0.913007
357 23-Dec 4.751121 0.443492
358 24-Dec 4.768335 -0.02548
359 25-Dec 4.785549 -0.49346
360 26-Dec 4.802764 -0.96001
361 27-Dec 4.819978 -1.42471
362 28-Dec 4.837192 -1.8871
363 29-Dec 4.854406 -2.34678
364 30-Dec 4.87162 -2.80329
365 31-Dec 4.888835 -3.25623
a= 85 cm lat. = 39 degrees d= 23.5
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winter
x y
-10 -5.08
-9 -4.49 0.85 m 0.680678 radians 0.410152
-8 -3.90
-7 -3.31 0 0
-6 -2.72
-5 -2.14
-4 -1.56
-3 -0.99
-2 -0.45
-1 0.01
0 0.24
1 0.01
2 -0.45
3 -0.99
4 -1.56
5 -2.14
6 -2.72
7 -3.31
8 -3.90
9 -4.49
10 -5.08 Sinex 2009
degrees
summer
radians
Sinex 2009