Re: [FRIAM] the Analemma

If the earth did not rotate with respect to the stars, each day would be a year long. The rotation of the earth adds (or subtracts, I’m too lazy now to figure out which) lots more days. The siderial day (the time of one rotation wrt the stars) is a few minutes different from the solar day (the

Re: [FRIAM] the Analemma

I can't say I've noticed, but wouldn't it have to do with where your city is located within your timezone? On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 12:33:10AM -0700, Nick Thompson wrote: > This came up after the service at the mother church, today. > > > > http://www.analemma.com/pages/framespage.html > >

Re: [FRIAM] the Analemma

As I mentioned, this is the phenomenon that an old colleague of mine would (vainly) attempt to teach me at this time every year. Fortunately we've now got wikipedia , which helps me feel marginally less ignorant. —R On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 12:33 AM Nick

[FRIAM] the Analemma

This came up after the service at the mother church, today. http://www.analemma.com/pages/framespage.html Being a late riser, and a darkness hater, I regard December 7 (the day after St. Nicholas's Day, by the way) as the first sign of spring, because it is the day that the afternoons