The spring equinox
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The spring equinox
This was pretty cool!
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentia ... e56e8ceae5
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentia ... e56e8ceae5
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago !
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Re: The spring equinox
Hi Frank. Wow, this was a great video demonstration of the results on Earth going through seasons with the yearly analemma path of the Sun overhead. Thanks for finding and sharing this interesting link with us on here Frank and keep up the great work.
Marshall
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Re: The spring equinox
Nice Frank. Only two days until the Vernal Equinox, which is great.
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Re: The spring equinox
Hi Frank and Michael. I just took a photo of our very old Cram's 12" family world globe showing the analemma of the sun. Notice that the upper and lower ends represent the appropriate winter and summer solstice and the intersections at the equator represents the appropriate spring and autumn equinox.
Marshall
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Re: The spring equinox
Nice find Frank!
I'm so excited, I can wet my plants!
I'm so excited, I can wet my plants!
Clear Skies,
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Re: The spring equinox
Hi Jeff. Yes, you are correct.
"Spring has sprung and the grass is tall,
flowers and vegetables now until fall"
"Spring has sprung and the grass is tall,
flowers and vegetables now until fall"
Marshall
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Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Re: The spring equinox
Marshall that globe is fantastic !
I’ve never seen one like that and I love that “ visual “ effect of seeing the seasons like that.
Thank you for sharing that.
I’ve never seen one like that and I love that “ visual “ effect of seeing the seasons like that.
Thank you for sharing that.
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago !
Equipment :
Apertura AD10” Dobsonian
Polaris 4” Dobsonian
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Equipment :
Apertura AD10” Dobsonian
Polaris 4” Dobsonian
7x50 binoculars
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