Fall: September 22nd, 2022 And Watching The Shadow As The Sun Begins Its Crossing Of The Celestial Equator, Heading South. The Cooling Of The Northern Hemisphere Will Soon Follow.
During the Vernal Equinox (March 20th 2022) my grandson, John-Winston and I constructed solar devices (from different locations) to watch the shadow of the sun with the changing of seasons.
It’s fun having a joint project with my oldest grandson, talking about the sun shadows, and watching the changes from week to week, and month to month.
See the following photos:
The yellow mark at the (9) was the suns shadow on the March 20th Vernal Equinox. Our first measurement.
The white mark on the (2) was placed on the first day of summer (June 21st)
The red mark was placed today, September 22nd at 1:00 PM EDT, or 12:00 Noon EDT. All marks were made at 1:00 PM EDT.
Note: The 12-inches of a metal tape measure is used for a reference only…when discussing, or communicating.
For contemplation:
If you are an amateur astronomer in any sense, which you are, or you’d not likely be reading this post, consider doing the same with a young person. And you will never know what will result from the seed “you might have planted” in the future.
You will “for sure” get more out of this project, than the student.
The shadow today as following:
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