Solar Links and Info

Mad Scientists

This website is solar powered 24/7/365.

Here are some handy web sites to get great info about our Sun.

Click here ----> NOAA Improved Sunrise-Sunset Calculation

Click here ----> NOAA Solar Position Calculator

 

This is not a giant bowling pin, it's the sun going threw one year of orbit and tilt on the earths axis.

Analemma Click on this photo to enter the Analemma site, very interesting.See the Sun's Sky Plot during the seasons. Click on this photo to enter the Analemma site, very interesting.

Click on the above photos to lean more.....

The Y (vertical axis) is the Sun's tilt in degrees +/- compared for each month as viewed at the equator

and the X (horz axis) is the solar noon correction in minutes advanced or retarded compared to UTC Zulu time at noon.

Our Earth is tilted on an 23.5 deg axis and a slightly out of round orbit which causes solar noon to vary by

about +/- 15 minutes durning the seasons.

Click here for view ---->

This shows all the countries and time zones, very detailed, excellent.

Click for a larger picture of the world time zones 685 Kb