I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.

On 11/30/2012 2:34 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.


won't it be different depending upon your latitude?

On 11/30/2012 4:34 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.


Not without knowing your latitude.

On 11/30/2012 2:43 PM, chaniarts wrote:
On 11/30/2012 2:34 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.


won't it be different depending upon your latitude?


to wit: http://www.findmyshadow.com/

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chaniarts wrote:
On 11/30/2012 2:43 PM, chaniarts wrote:
On 11/30/2012 2:34 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.


won't it be different depending upon your latitude?


to wit: http://www.findmyshadow.com/

This should help:
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-hal...ape-36819.html


--
Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein)

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org

I remember from some where, the earth axis
has a natural 28 degree tilt. So, sun angle would
be lattitude plus or minus 28 degrees, also
depending on which day of the year.

And, if you're in North or South hemisphere.

The answer is 42, but you might not have asked
the right question. So long, and thanks for all the
fish.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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"hr(bob) " wrote in message
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I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:cibus.84298
:

I remember from some where, the earth axis
has a natural 28 degree tilt. So, sun angle would
be lattitude plus or minus 28 degrees, also
depending on which day of the year.

Wrong. It's 23 1/2 degrees.

And, if you're in North or South hemisphere.

Wrong. The minimum angle of elevation on the shortest day of the year is the same at, say, 30
degrees north latitude as it is at 30 degrees south latitude. What's different is that the "shortest
day of the year" isn't the same date in the two hemispheres.

chaniarts wrote in news:k9b9a7$885$1@dont-
email.me:

On 11/30/2012 2:34 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.


won't it be different depending upon your latitude?




No. Everybody knows the earth is flat. Some contend that it's actually
shaped like a potato chip, but that's just conjecture, as far as I'm
concerned.


--
Tegger

On Nov 30, 8:39*pm, Tegger wrote:
chaniarts wrote innews:k9b9a7$885$1@dont-
email.me:

On 11/30/2012 2:34 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. *Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. *Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.

won't it be different depending upon your latitude?

No. Everybody knows the earth is flat. Some contend that it's actually
shaped like a potato chip, but that's just conjecture, as far as I'm
concerned.

--
Tegger

A ruffles potato chip or a Pringles?

On Nov 30, 3:34*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. *Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. *Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.

I went to a web site and got approximately 190 feet. I am at 41 north
lattitude. The find my shadow web site was the source.

On Nov 30, 4:34*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. *Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. *Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.

The angle of the sun changes all day that day where you live...
-----

- gpsman

On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:34:18 -0800 (PST), "hr(bob) "
wrote:

I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.

The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind.
The answer is blowing in the wind !

In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in
news:cibus.84298
:

I remember from some where, the earth axis
has a natural 28 degree tilt. So, sun angle would
be lattitude plus or minus 28 degrees, also
depending on which day of the year.

Wrong. It's 23 1/2 degrees.

And, if you're in North or South hemisphere.

Wrong. The minimum angle of elevation on the shortest day of the year is the
same at, say, 30
degrees north latitude as it is at 30 degrees south latitude. What's
different is that the "shortest
day of the year" isn't the same date in the two hemispheres.

That depends on what you mean by "shortest day of the year". If you mean
least amount of sunlight, you are correct. If you mean shortest time
from sunrise to sunrise, that would be July 4 when we're at aphelion.

On 11/30/2012 4:43 PM, chaniarts wrote:
On 11/30/2012 2:34 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.


won't it be different depending upon your latitude?


Back in the Boy Scouts we would measure the length of the shadow of a
yard stick and do proportions.

On Dec 1, 7:12*am, "Frank.Logullo" wrote:
On 11/30/2012 4:43 PM, chaniarts wrote:

On 11/30/2012 2:34 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the length of a shadow from a 90 ft tall
building on the shortest day of the year. *Anyone have reference for
the sun angle on the shortest day. *Haven't googled it yet, thought
someone here might know.

won't it be different depending upon your latitude?

Back in the Boy Scouts we would measure the length of the shadow of a
yard stick and do proportions.

I was going to do that around noon yesterrday, but the clouds moved in
and ruined that idea. At a shadow of 190 feet, that's going to put a
shadow from a proposed building across a large area of downtown
Naperville's Riverwalk, which is what many of us are opposed to.

On 11/30/2012 08:39 PM, Tegger wrote:
chaniarts wrote in news:k9b9a7$885$1@dont-
email.me:


No. Everybody knows the earth is flat. Some contend that it's actually
shaped like a potato chip, but that's just conjecture, as far as I'm
concerned.

The Earth is really shaped like a chicken. Space is distorted to hide
this fact.

On 11/30/2012 05:27 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:

The answer is 42, but you might not have asked
the right question. So long, and thanks for all the
fish.

101010b, %101010, and, while I'm at it, $2A (2Ah).

BTW, I almost forgot &52, 52q, and '*'.

Christopher A. Young

If that's all TOO simple, how about:

f R^5 + e R^4 + d R^3 + c R^2 + b R^1 + a R^0

whe

R=2

a=0
b=1
c=0
d=1
e=0
f=1