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Post by saardvark on Sept 20, 2016 11:52:14 GMT
If you are so smart astronomers, please tell me now, based on paths of moon and sun, what is Court's geographical latitude  need more information. What day of the year is it? There is also the matter of the possible fish eye lens effect that puntino mentions... that would mess with measurements.... |
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Post by Sky Schemer on Sept 20, 2016 12:51:05 GMT
Putting that together, the orientation of the crescent in the comic suggests that the moon we are seeing is before a new moon, and thus leading rather than following the sun. However, the comic's depiction is impossible because the crescent isn't rotating and isn't pointing towards the sun, and it's also crossing the sun's path at a severe angle, which it shouldn't do at this point in it's phase. (The moon can cross the sun's path, otherwise eclipses wouldn't work). But it's a comic and it's drawn for artistic effect not hyper-realism. I am going to change my answer. We are looking at the rising sun and moon, not the setting sun and moon. Since this is the Northern hemisphere, that angle and arc can only happen if you are looking to the south. So we are seeing a moon after a new moon. Either way, the picture is impossible. The crescent is not oriented towards the sun for allowable sun positions during a crescent moon. |
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Post by Sky Schemer on Sept 20, 2016 12:59:51 GMT
If you are so smart astronomers, please tell me now, based on paths of moon and sun, what is Court's geographical latitude need more information. What day of the year is it? There is also the matter of the possible fish eye lens effect that puntino mentions... that would mess with measurements.... Well, we know it's not summer because they are in school. We know the school year has been in session for a while, just not how long "a while" is. Everyone here is dressed warmly, and Parley has been gone a few months for training, so we're in the cooler months for sure. |
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Post by Grabix on Sept 20, 2016 18:56:58 GMT
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Post by saardvark on Sept 21, 2016 1:22:41 GMT
need more information. What day of the year is it? There is also the matter of the possible fish eye lens effect that puntino mentions... that would mess with measurements.... Well, we know it's not summer because they are in school. We know the school year has been in session for a while, just not how long "a while" is. Everyone here is dressed warmly, and Parley has been gone a few months for training, so we're in the cooler months for sure. well, the solar diameter is about half a degree. That puts maximum elevation in the figure at maybe about 6? degrees above horizon. Even near winter equinox (when the Sun is always below the horizon above 66.6N), its hard to place the locale on mainland Scotland... it would have to be in the Shetlands. So I think we can't take the figure literally.... |
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Post by Storel on Sept 26, 2016 8:33:41 GMT
Ah, when I think of a song containing the words "This is it!", this is what I think of: |
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