Canada's Inuit notice the Sun is not where it should be.

Mizar · 12-13-2009, 01:27 AM

According to the calculations in the 2009 Nautical Almanac, and measuring directly with my Sextant, the Sun, and the Stars are exactly where they should be, however I have read recent reports that clocks have been off by up to two hours. The Analemma will put the sun in the "Wrong" position by as much as 16 minutes, the sun is either "Fast" or slow by that amount, the " equation of time" is used to correct for the effects of the Analemma.
Mizar

Gnosis5 · 12-13-2009, 07:09 AM

Glad you have a sextant and know how to use it, and here is a link that explains Analemma:

http://www.analemma.com/Pages/framesPage.html

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Originally Posted by Mizar

According to the calculations in the 2009 Nautical Almanac, and measuring directly with my Sextant, the Sun, and the Stars are exactly where they should be, however I have read recent reports that clocks have been off by up to two hours. The Analemma will put the sun in the "Wrong" position by as much as 16 minutes, the sun is either "Fast" or slow by that amount, the " equation of time" is used to correct for the effects of the Analemma.
Mizar

droid56 · 12-13-2009, 08:13 AM

I guess it is likely they are wrong in their observations, as the science dudes with science machines have pointed out.

But I'm still listening to the people who say they see unexpected things.

no caste · 12-13-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by droid56

I guess it is likely they are wrong in their observations, as the science dudes with science machines have pointed out.

But I'm still listening to the people who say they see unexpected things.

droid56 - Me too. I don't trust science guys and gals

There's also perception, AND the earth's crust floats around too. I knew of a seismologist whose job it was to measure the mountains moving.

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Originally Posted by Jonah

Don't blame me for going to la-la land...
but since you brought it up....
multi-verse theory might explain such a switch....
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-m-theory.htm

Jonah - Thanks for that link, really one of my favorite topics, right from when I was a physics student. I'm actually pretty happy for chances to go to lala land anyway

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Originally Posted by Operator

I started a thread Wubbo Ockels explains how ‘time’ is created by human beings ... In this presentation Wubbo mentions that, in relation to the topic of the presentation, we have a 'program' running in our brain that makes us perceive reality different.

Thanks, Operator for mentioning that video. I added this link about a similar program I heard on that thread too.

Julian Barbour, The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/liv...ime/index.html

12-13-2009, 01:27 AM	#1
Mizar Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: British Columbia Posts: 162	Re: Canada's Inuit notice the Sun is not where it should be. According to the calculations in the 2009 Nautical Almanac, and measuring directly with my Sextant, the Sun, and the Stars are exactly where they should be, however I have read recent reports that clocks have been off by up to two hours. The Analemma will put the sun in the "Wrong" position by as much as 16 minutes, the sun is either "Fast" or slow by that amount, the " equation of time" is used to correct for the effects of the Analemma. Mizar

12-13-2009, 08:13 AM	#3
droid56 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Western Canada Posts: 66	Re: Canada's Inuit notice the Sun is not where it should be. I guess it is likely they are wrong in their observations, as the science dudes with science machines have pointed out. But I'm still listening to the people who say they see unexpected things.