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It's not the sun, it's the Earth that's out of place
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[quote:Fartman:MV8yNDIwNzNfNDM3NjUwMF9FNkYzQ0UxRQ==] Science dude!!! nice post man...no really, i'm not all that science savy but you seem to make sense to me dude............ :butt: :worship: [/quote]
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Hey there cyber-friends!
I wanted to post my observations in a new thread since the old "Sun is in the wrong place" thread ended up being reduced to a argument between two posters.
Last night I took careful compass readings on the setting sun. This morning I did the same. In both cases I adjusted for the local difference between magnetic north and true north.
I then compared the values to values derived from an astronomy software package I use called Starry Night. It is programmed for my local position on Earth.
What I found was very interesting and I want you guys to know about it without having to mine it out of pages and pages of a thread lost to a battle of wits.
The sun both set and rose between 3 and 4 degrees to the north of where it should have. Let's call it 3 degrees to be conservative.
For the purposes of this thread, let's PLEASE not get into a mode of debunking the observations. Let's use this as a mental exercise.
Let's assume that these readings are accurate.
What does this imply?
What possible cause(s) could be at play?
I have an opinion and will post it next...
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