Wonderful. I will be hoping for non-storm clouds and some sun!
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Using Google I located the drag strip at "7920 Clay Street, Hobart, IN",
> set the pointer on I-30 within TPR and determined that Sept. 20-26
> should be good dates to catch the sun over the track. The sun will be
> setting between 6:34 and 6:40 pm on those dates. That should give you
> enough leeway for bad weather. Mark your calendar.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 7/30/2013 2:31 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > Maybe it's The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE), often mentioned here by
> > Ken. In any case TPE is available for most platforms including Windows,
> > MAC, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. The desktop versions for
> > Windows and Mac are free. Get it here:
> > <http://photoephemeris.com/>
> >
> > In short you get a Google based map centered on your location and a
> > table with phase of the moon, sunrise/set, moonrise/set and four lines
> > drawn over the map indicating the directions of sun/moon/rise/set from
> > you location.
> >
> > Your task is to figure out the date using TPE when the sun sets directly
> > over US 30 at your location. The interface is a bit unusual but you'll
> > eventually figure it out.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> > On 7/30/2013 1:12 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> >> That will change as we move to the end of summer, Paul. The sun sets
> in the northwest in high summer, in the northern Hemisphere, and in the
> southwest in winter; it's a similar change for sunrise, of course. There's
> an excellent app for the iPad and iPhone which will help . . .
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> On 30 Jul 2013, at 06:08, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> My only real frustration is that the Sun sets too far to the North - I
> >>> want it to set exactly over the end of the strip. I'm pretty sure
> >>> that's outside of my powers....
> >>
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