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ANYONE FANCY A BIT OF ASTRO-ARCHAEOLOGY

Mar 26, 2006, 00:45

The other thing about the web-page is that I wrote that article in 2001, at mid-metonic cycle.

2006 is a year of extreme moon rise/set. Unfortunately I forgot to take bearings at the Winter Solstice and have also missed my chance at the last equinox. So at the Summer Solstice I plan to take bearings for both events to determine which extreme it is, which the method I outlined on the web-page cannot tell you.

I could look this all up somewher probably, but it's much more fun to actually collect the data yourself :-)

Just to clarify, in case anyone else wants to help out, I need to know if the Moon is setting 5 degrees north or south of where the Sun is setting this year. This could be determined on any day, so long as a bearing is taken for the place of sunrise/set as well. It's just that this bearing is known at the Solsti and Equinoxes, so no extra bering is needed.

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