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from: Bruce Goatly
date: 2010-12-31 17:26:54
subject: Analemmas (Was: Re: The Shadows have arrived)

Patty Winter wrote:

> I remember in the late '70s when Dennis di Cicco of "Sky &
Telescope"
> magazine published the first-ever analemma photo. It had actually taken
> him two years, because he discovered at the end of the first year that
> part of the loop was missing. Here's that photo:
>
> http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3001422
>
> And if you search for "analemma" on that website:
>
> http://www.twanight.org
>
> you'll get some other stunning results, including several involving
> famous sites in Greece and one from Turkey that includes a total
> eclipse!

I have http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Analemma.htm permanently bookmarked 
for whenever I feel the need to remember my place in the Solar System...

-- 
Bruce
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