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Department of Physics |
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User's Guide to the Night Sky |
The Sun's Track across the Sky at the Winter Solstice
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The animation shows the daily track of the Sun across the sky
at the time of the winter solstice as seen from Durham.
The Sun rises in the south-east, crosses
the meridian at about noon and sets in the south-west.
From Durham at the winter solstice, the Sun reaches a maximum altitude of
only
11.5°,
i.e. (90° − 55° − 23.5°).
The track of the Sun across the sky is the same as the
Dec = −23.5° line.
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