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Re: When is the solstice?
Andy Alpern 2004-May-29 18:36:00
Thanks!
I will shoot at sunrise on the 21st
andy
Golem Productions
http://golemproductions.com
On May 29, 2004, at 7:38 PM, Landis wrote:
> >??? Don: I think that the gathering at the Rujum Site for the solstice
> >will be on June 21-22, which means the main gathering will be sunrise
> >on June 22. Is this the actual solstice or is it the morning of the
> >21st? If it is the morn of the 22nd, can i get an extension to shoot
> >then?
>
> In the United States the "official" time keeper and authority on all
> things time- and astronomy-related is the United States Naval
> Observatory.? I've posted the link to the "official" solstice/equinox
> times in the link section of our group, but here it is for reference:
> http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.html
>
> For 2004 the solstice is on 21 June at 00:57 UT (12:57 am Universal
> Time).? You can either know your time zone (US Pacific Daylight Time
> is UT-7) or you can use a utility like http://timeanddate.com to find
> the exact time all over the world (I've done this for our solstice
> and you can follow this link for the page listing it in many cities
> world wide: http://tinyurl.com/2d8m6).
>
> For Jerusalem the exact moment of the solstice is at 03:57 local on
> Monday 21 June.? For me here in California it's at 17:57 local on
> Sunday 20 June.? Don and I decided to open it up to Saturday, Sunday,
> and Monday to get as much coverage of the weekend as possible and to
> give people a better chance to get the weather or event they'd like.
>
> Hope this helps clarify things.
>
> -Landis
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