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Re: Wrong times for sunrise/sunset?
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Marcin Borkowski |
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Re: Wrong times for sunrise/sunset? |
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Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:01:23 +0100 |
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On 2019-01-20, at 16:00, Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> wrote:
> One possible reason is refraction. A cursory look at solar.el gives the
> impression that refraction is not considered, but the astronomy website
> you referenced does. This can cause a difference of several minutes.
>
> Another possible reason is not using the same geographical point. 20
> kilometers to the west or east can result in minutes of difference.
>
> However, the difference you observe in sunrise (3 minutes) is quite
> larger than the diference in sunset (1 minute). At this time of year,
> this can mean that your position and the position used by the website
> differ on the N/S axis.
>
> Just guessing.
Thanks, one learns something every day!
Best,
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Marcin Borkowski
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