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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: In message , Martin Brown writes Kay wrote: Otherwise it could read up to 30 minutes out of sync with reality. You need to know the correction for apparent solar noon for your longitude and date. The seasonal analemma curve is very beautiful. http://solar-center.stanford.edu/art/analemma.html Well made sundials have a small table of corrections or a devisouly shaped gnomon to allow for this. And presumably to take advantage of the deviously shaped gnomon have to be precisely aligned? uk.rec.gardening maintains its tradition of gnomic utterances :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
Ok just popped outside dont normally look at the sun in the winter, and
it's not in the same place as the summer. In the summer it comes over the deck at a diangle but today it's straight left to right on the garden. Is this normal? |
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from "htmark98" contains these words: Ok just popped outside dont normally look at the sun in the winter, and it's not in the same place as the summer. In the summer it comes over the deck at a diangle but today it's straight left to right on the garden. Is this normal? No, this means your sky is falling in. Probably the satellite dish has worn a small hole in it. Janet |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
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from Kay contains these words: Stewart Robert Hinsley writes OTOH, for gardening purposes, the direction of the sun at midday is probably close enough - unless you're setting up a sundial. If you're setting up a sundial, isn't enough to wait till the sun comes out, and then align it so it shows the correct time? If you're setting up a sundial in the UK, do it in summertime after the clocks change. Then it will tell you the right time when you're most likely to be outside, and in sunshine) and will be one hour out in wintertime. |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
"chris French" wrote in message ... In message , Sla#s writes "htmark98" wrote in message groups.com... I havent a compass If you have a watch you have a compass. So how does that work with my digital watch then? Might have known there would be one who was difficult!(:-) Alan -- Chris French |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
"htmark98" wrote in message ps.com... Ok just popped outside dont normally look at the sun in the winter, and it's not in the same place as the summer. In the summer it comes over the deck at a diangle but today it's straight left to right on the garden. Is this normal? But was it 12.00 noon when you looked? If you look at different times it will be in different directions. Alan |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
"htmark98" wrote in message ps.com... Ok just popped outside dont normally look at the sun in the winter, and it's not in the same place as the summer. In the summer it comes over the deck at a diangle but today it's straight left to right on the garden. Is this normal? Milankovitch Cycles innit ? Jenny |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
htmark98 wrote:
I havent a compass yet but looking at street maps by house looking onto the street is facing NorthWest so looking at my front door is SE. So which way is my back garden facing looking from the back door down at it or from the bottom of the garden up to the house. Go out into the garden at about mid-day. point at the sun. You are pointing and facing about south!!! pk |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , chris French wrote: If you have a watch you have a compass. So how does that work with my digital watch then? Watch it until it says 12:00 (or 0:00), look for the sun, and that is south. If it is all dark when you look, wait until it next reads that value. Alternatively, upgrade to an analogue watch. The Australian method works with either kind of watch, and at any time of day or night. When lost in the bush, take off your watch, turn round three times, then throw it as far as you can, keeping an eye on the direction. You can now work out all the other compass directions, as your watch has gone west. -- Mike. |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from Kay contains these words: Stewart Robert Hinsley writes OTOH, for gardening purposes, the direction of the sun at midday is probably close enough - unless you're setting up a sundial. If you're setting up a sundial, isn't enough to wait till the sun comes out, and then align it so it shows the correct time? If you're setting up a sundial in the UK, do it in summertime after the clocks change. Then it will tell you the right time when you're most likely to be outside, and in sunshine) and will be one hour out in wintertime. I made a Sundial for the side of the house. It's no problem to put both GMT and BST on. I put winter in negative, summer in positive. Slatts |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
"htmark98" wrote in message oups.com... I havent a compass yet but looking at street maps by house looking onto the street is facing NorthWest so looking at my front door is SE. So which way is my back garden facing looking from the back door down at it or from the bottom of the garden up to the house. If it's down towards it again looking at it's facing South East (approx 120). But i think i'll need a compass to get an exact figure, is there anywhere online that wil tell me this to save me buying a compass? But most important is this a good garden for growing? Havent started yet so what do people recommend? Thanks ************ In England, Go into the garden at dawn. Stand facing the newly rising sun. That direction is East - (from your garden.) At twelve stand facing the sun. That's South. At twilight stand facing the sun. That's West. Don't get up at midnight to look for North because the sun doesn't go that far in direction (pertaining to your garden.) The height of the sun's arc at mid-say will be the highest of the day but will be higher in summer and lower in winter. Doug. ************ |
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How to tell where you garden is facing? (South/North etc)
doug wrote:
************ In England, Go into the garden at dawn. Stand facing the newly rising sun. That direction is East - (from your garden.) At twelve stand facing the sun. That's South. At twilight stand facing the sun. That's West. only the middle one works! pk |
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