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All the following were taken from Leicester, looking (roughly!) due south. Equipment was a Canon 10D camera with a remote timer and 15mm lens.
The photographs were taken on the night of the 21st through to the evening of the 22nd of June, 2005. The solstice actually occurred at 07:46UT and the 21st of June, but here in Leicester we could not see the Sun for the clouds on that day, so all the daytime photographs were taken on the 22nd.
On the summer solstice, the ecliptic (the imaginary line on the sky that marks the plane of our solar system) is at it highest at noon, and at its lowest at midnight. Hence, the Sun's peak altitude was 61 degrees on both the 21st and 22nd, but the Full-Moon's peak altitude was only 9 degrees!
Tags: summer solstice sun moon
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baskill
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E Jun 23, 2009
F Jun 23, 2009
- DESCRIPTION
- COMMENT
- O
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All the following were taken from Leicester, looking (roughly!) due south. Equipment was a Canon 10D camera with a remote timer and 15mm lens.
The photographs were taken on the night of the 21st through to the evening of the 22nd of June, 2005. The solstice actually occurred at 07:46UT and the 21st of June, but here in Leicester we could not see the Sun for the clouds on that day, so all the daytime photographs were taken on the 22nd.
On the summer solstice, the ecliptic (the imaginary line on the sky that marks the plane of our solar system) is at it highest at noon, and at its lowest at midnight. Hence, the Sun's peak altitude was 61 degrees on both the 21st and 22nd, but the Full-Moon's peak altitude was only 9 degrees!
The bottom three night photographs were taken at 22:04UT (left, on the 21st of June), 23:55UT (middle) when the Moon was due South, and 01:36UT (right, on the 22nd of June).
Tags: summer solstice sun moon june 2005
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by
baskill
N 0
B 216
C 0
E Jun 23, 2009
F Jun 23, 2009
- DESCRIPTION
- COMMENT
- O
- L
- M
All the following were taken from Leicester, looking (roughly!) due south. Equipment was a Canon 10D camera with a remote timer and 15mm lens.
The photographs were taken on the night of the 21st through to the evening of the 22nd of June, 2005. The solstice actually occurred at 07:46UT and the 21st of June, but here in Leicester we could not see the Sun for the clouds on that day, so all the daytime photographs were taken on the 22nd.
On the summer solstice, the ecliptic (the imaginary line on the sky that marks the plane of our solar system) is at it highest at noon, and at its lowest at midnight. Hence, the Sun's peak altitude was 61 degrees on both the 21st and 22nd, but the Full-Moon's peak altitude was only 9 degrees!
Top three daylight photographs were taken at 08:53UT (left), 12:10UT (middle - when the Sun was at its highest point, 10 minutes later than the average time of noon), and 15:24UT, all on June the 22nd. The Sun is just visible at the very top left, middle and right of these three images.
Bottom three night photographs were taken at 22:04UT (left, on the 21st of June), 23:55UT (middle) when the Moon was due South, and 01:36UT (right, on the 22nd of June).
Tags: summer solstice sun moon highlight
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by
baskill
N 0
B 104
C 0
E Jun 23, 2009
F Jun 23, 2009
- DESCRIPTION
- COMMENT
- O
- L
- M
All the following were taken from Leicester, looking (roughly!) due south. Equipment was a Canon 10D camera with a remote timer and 15mm lens.
The photographs were taken on the night of the 21st through to the evening of the 22nd of June, 2005. The solstice actually occurred at 07:46UT and the 21st of June, but here in Leicester we could not see the Sun for the clouds on that day, so all the daytime photographs were taken on the 22nd.
On the summer solstice, the ecliptic (the imaginary line on the sky that marks the plane of our solar system) is at it highest at noon, and at its lowest at midnight. Hence, the Sun's peak altitude was 61 degrees on both the 21st and 22nd, but the Full-Moon's peak altitude was only 9 degrees!
Top three daylight photographs were taken at 08:53UT (left), 12:10UT (middle - when the Sun was at its highest point, 10 minutes later than the average time of noon), and 15:24UT, all on June the 22nd. The Sun is just visible at the very top left, middle and right of these three images.
Tags: summer solstice sun moon
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