Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sun & Light placement

2011-08-19 Thread Vic Marriott
Hi All, Thanks for the astronomy lesson. I will try to not ask any more silly questions. Durk's explanation illustrated the point so well that even I could understand it. :0) Mind you, the information you have all given me means any Country Music or Cowboy films, which refer to the Sun se

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sun & Light placement

2011-08-18 Thread Durk Talsma
Hi Vic, On 18 Aug 2011, at 10:36, Vic Marriott wrote: > > 2. At dusk, the Sun shows at 290º. This can't be correct as EGKA is > at 50.50º north. I would expect the Sun to be below 270º. > http://i.imgur.com/cd9Ub.png > The compass direction of the sunset's location is actually more related

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sun & Light placement

2011-08-18 Thread Erik Hofman
On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 12:32 +0300, Emilian Huminiuc wrote: > http://www.heavens- > above.com/sun.aspx?lat=50.81982&lng=-0.14282&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=BST Yeah it's probably not the sun position but rather the sky dome coloring code that's the problem. Erik --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sun & Light placement

2011-08-18 Thread Emilian Huminiuc
On Thursday 18 August 2011 11:36:46 Vic Marriott wrote: > Hi All, > > I am not blaming this on the new V 2.4.0, because this problem existed > before. I didn't want to distract anyone working on the new release. > > 1. I have noticed, that when at EGKA the light is showing from the > wrong direc

[Flightgear-devel] Sun & Light placement

2011-08-18 Thread Vic Marriott
Hi All, I am not blaming this on the new V 2.4.0, because this problem existed before. I didn't want to distract anyone working on the new release. 1. I have noticed, that when at EGKA the light is showing from the wrong direction. This pic was taken at 0915 today: http://i.imgur.com/N9wDU.p