where are you when you have this information?
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250 miles east of Bridgetown
Declination is controlled by the season, so we can ignore the part about 22d 7m - that just confirms that its Dec 3rd, more or less. So what you have is a sun sight with with an altitude 55d 30m which puts you at 12d 25m N lat, at 15:30GMT local noon which puts you at 55d W lon. Disclaimer - I know next to nothing about this. I just have the whole internet at my disposal and a few extra minutes before I head home.
Declination is controlled by the season, so we can ignore the part about 22d 7m - that just confirms that its Dec 3rd, more or less. So what you have is a sun sight with with an altitude 55d 30m which puts you at 12d 25m N lat, at 15:30GMT local noon which puts you at 55d W lon. Disclaimer - I know next to nothing about this. I just have the whole internet at my disposal and a few extra minutes before I head home.
If the sun is at 55 degreees to the horizon
shouldn't you be at about 35 degrees away from the equator? And at noon (highest point) with a chronometer (clock) reading of 10:30 AM EST you should be well into 2 time zones east of the east coast. I believe that the declination of the sun is to the south so you should not be in the southern hemisphere. I believe that NYC is around 41 degrees so you should be well east and north of here. Around Greenland or approaching perhaps? Make that a little south and a ways offshore.
shouldn't you be at about 35 degrees away from the equator? And at noon (highest point) with a chronometer (clock) reading of 10:30 AM EST you should be well into 2 time zones east of the east coast. I believe that the declination of the sun is to the south so you should not be in the southern hemisphere. I believe that NYC is around 41 degrees so you should be well east and north of here. Around Greenland or approaching perhaps? Make that a little south and a ways offshore.
anywhere
"where are you when you have this information?" Could be anywhere but if it happens early that morning, I'll be n bed. Did you intend to ask a different question in which case the phrasing is wrong?
"where are you when you have this information?" Could be anywhere but if it happens early that morning, I'll be n bed. Did you intend to ask a different question in which case the phrasing is wrong?
I'm sticking by my answer.
I'm sticking by my answer. If the sun declination is 22d 7m S, that's were it would be overhead. 34d 30m north of there is 12d 23m N. I said 12d 25m. Come on folks.. its almost the middle of winter. 55 degrees elevation is way higher than I see in Seattle this time of year. All we get this time of year is about 20d above the horizon.
I'm sticking by my answer. If the sun declination is 22d 7m S, that's were it would be overhead. 34d 30m north of there is 12d 23m N. I said 12d 25m. Come on folks.. its almost the middle of winter. 55 degrees elevation is way higher than I see in Seattle this time of year. All we get this time of year is about 20d above the horizon.
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