NATS 1745 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Long Path, Winter Solstice, Chankillo
16 Apr 2018
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How does it describe what happens to the. How about the equinoxes: winter solstice: se, sw, summer solstice: ne, nw, equinox: e, w, describe how the thirteen towers of chankillo, peru were used to track the time of year. How about the: on the midwinter solstice, the sun rises behind the leftmost tower of the 13 that makes up the newly discovered solar observatory of chankillo in peru. During the next 6 months, it rises behind all the others in turn. Describe the orient ation of the earth relative to the sun during northern summer. How about right ascension and declination: altitude and azimuth does depend on observer"s location, relative coordinates, no the right ascension and declination does not depend on a person"s location they are absolute coordinates. If a star has a right ascension of. The star which has declination of 10 degrees north, is 10 degrees north from the celestial.
