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What is your latitude if the noon sun is 44 degrees above your southern horizon on November 17?
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∙ 13y ago
To answer the question with any real accuracy, you would also need to know the precise TIME, in GMT, of local apparent noon, because on November 17 each year, the Sun is apparently moving to the south at 0.6 minutes per hour. You will need a copy of the Nautical Alamanac, in order to look up the declination of the Sun at each hour. The link to the online Nautical Almanac is below.
If you observe the Sun at an elevation of 44 degrees at local apparent noon, then your latitude is 90 minus your sextant reading minus your south declination or plus your north declination. At noon GMT on November 17, 2011, the Sun is at 18 degrees, 57.7 minutes south declination. I'll round it off to 19 degrees, since neither the time nor the elevation in this question is all that precise anyway.
So, 90 - 44 is 46 degrees, minus 19 equals your latitude of 27 degrees north.
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∙ 10y agoWell, the Sun is crossing the equator on that day so it's overhead at the equator, so to have it 89 degrees above the northern horizon you must be at 1 degree south, and for 25 degrees above the northern horizon you have to be at 65 degrees south.
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What latitude on earth is a celestial pole 45 above the horizon'?
At 45 degrees north latitude, the north celestial pole appears 45 degrees above the northern horizon. At 45 degrees south latitude, the south celestial pole appears 45 degrees above the southern horizon.
What is the angle between the zenith and North celestial pole if you are at 37 degrees latitude?
If your latitude is 39 degrees north, then the north celestial poleis 39 degrees above your northern horizon.If your latitude is 39 degrees south, then the north celestial poleis 39 degrees below your northern horizon.
How are the altitude of polaris and latitude of an observer related?
angle it makes with respect to horizon is equal to observers latitude. i.e. Philadelphia latitude 40 degrees so Polaris 40 degrees above horizon
What is the latitude of an observer who measures an altitude of the sun above the southern horizon at 15.5(Degrees) at noon on the winter solstice?
The observer must be 15.5 degrees south of the Arctic circle, so 51.1 degrees north approximately.
Can the north start be used to calculate latitude?
I think you mean the 'North Star' ; note the spelling ; NOT 'Start'. It also goes by the name of 'Pole Star' and 'Polaris'. When directly above (90 degrees) you are at the North Pole. When its angle of elevation above the horizon is 89 degrees. you are at latitude of 89 degrees. When you are at latitude 49 degrees (49th parallel), it is 49 degrees above the horizon. When you are at the Equator ( latitude 0 degrees) it is on the horizon. However, you probably cannot see it at this latitude because dust dirt particles in the air. South of the Equator you cannot see it , as it is below the horizon. In the Southern Hemisphere there is no corresponding pole star. Navigators use the constellation named the 'Southern Cross', in order to determine latitude.
What latitude on earth is a celestial pole 45 above the horizon'?
At 45 degrees north latitude, the north celestial pole appears 45 degrees above the northern horizon. At 45 degrees south latitude, the south celestial pole appears 45 degrees above the southern horizon.
What is the angle between the zenith and North celestial pole if you are at 37 degrees latitude?
If your latitude is 39 degrees north, then the north celestial poleis 39 degrees above your northern horizon.If your latitude is 39 degrees south, then the north celestial poleis 39 degrees below your northern horizon.
How are the altitude of polaris and latitude of an observer related?
angle it makes with respect to horizon is equal to observers latitude. i.e. Philadelphia latitude 40 degrees so Polaris 40 degrees above horizon
What is the latitude of an observer who measures an altitude of the sun above the southern horizon at 15.5(Degrees) at noon on the winter solstice?
The observer must be 15.5 degrees south of the Arctic circle, so 51.1 degrees north approximately.
Is the sun below the northern horizon or the southern horizon at midnight at the December solstice at 5 degrees north?
At 5 degrees latitude, either north or south, the sun sets on every night of the year. So it seems to me that at midnight, it must be below the horizon in EVERY direction.
Can the north start be used to calculate latitude?
I think you mean the 'North Star' ; note the spelling ; NOT 'Start'. It also goes by the name of 'Pole Star' and 'Polaris'. When directly above (90 degrees) you are at the North Pole. When its angle of elevation above the horizon is 89 degrees. you are at latitude of 89 degrees. When you are at latitude 49 degrees (49th parallel), it is 49 degrees above the horizon. When you are at the Equator ( latitude 0 degrees) it is on the horizon. However, you probably cannot see it at this latitude because dust dirt particles in the air. South of the Equator you cannot see it , as it is below the horizon. In the Southern Hemisphere there is no corresponding pole star. Navigators use the constellation named the 'Southern Cross', in order to determine latitude.
What is the Altitude of the sun above the northern horizon at noon at 4 degrees South latitude on the summer solstice?
At the summer solstice, the Sun is 23.5 degrees north of the celestial equator. Love Field, Dallas, TX is at 32.8 degrees north.A "noon fix" is achieved by observing the altitude of the Sun at "local apparent noon", when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky. You can calculate your latitude by taking 90 degrees minus the observed angle above the horizon, or "altitude", and subtracting the declination, or Sun's angle north (or south) of the equator.In this case, we need to work the problem backwards. So take 90 - (latitude) + declination, or 90 - 32.8 + 23.5 = 80.7 degrees.Oh, one other thing; this is the altitude of the Sun above the SOUTHERN horizon. The Sun will never appear north of Dallas at noon. The question asks about the northern horizon. We could calculate the angle above the northern horizon as 180-80.7 or 99.3 degrees above the northern horizon.
The number of degrees of arc that Polaris is above the horizon depends on what?
Your latitude!
From the horizon to the observer's zenith is an angle of?
30 degrees for observers at a latitude of 30 degrees north
Why does the equator represent zero degrees latitude?
I believe it dates back to when the North Star was used to find latitude by ancient sailors. Degrees latitude was found by the angle between the North Star and the horizon. Since the North Star sits on the horizon at the equator the angle is zero therefore latitude is zero degrees.
How many degrees below the horizon does the sun go at night on the winter solstice at latitude 57 degrees north?
On the winter solstice at a latitude of 57 degrees north, the sun will be about 33 degrees below the horizon at night. This is because the tilt of the Earth causes the sun to not rise above a certain angle during the winter months at this latitude.
What is the latitude between the horizon and the north star if the angle is 39 degrees?
The answer depends on which angle is 39 degrees.
