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Old August 11th 14, 01:32 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
oriel36[_2_]
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Observers in the Northern hemisphere looking towards the Equator and watching the daily arc of the Sun from horizon to horizon will see the familiar arc in the opposite direction to circumpolar motion while watching the seasonal variations in that arc -

http://www.astronomy.org/programs/se...-sun-sm.gif744


Observers in the Southern hemisphere looking towards the Equator will see the exact same arc daily with the seasonal variations but in the opposite direction to the Southern circumpolar motion of those stars.

When I find myself explaining the apparent motion of the Sun and its familiar daily arc and seasonal variations and there are still people believe the Sun moves in an unnatural arc with circumpolar motion then perhaps there is no longer an advantage to post here as somebody might assume there was a discussion between men.