"Les Desser" wrote in message
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I am preparing a presentation on the Equation of Time and have been trying
to find a clear description, preferable with diagrams, of the adjustment
due to obliquity.
The explanation at the National Maritime Museum
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.351 only makes sense if you
already know the answer
The best I could find was the page at
http://www.wallingfordclock.talktalk.net/Sidereal%20Time.htm but I still
find it inadequate.
The example of the bus going down the incline is good to show the slowdown
but I cannot find anything appropriate to explain the speeding up.
Has anyone seen and better presented explanations?
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Les Desser
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I recommend the following web site:
http://www.analemma.com/
There is a diagram, possibly what you are looking for, that separates the
obliquity and eccentricity effects, at the Royal Observatory web site:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.351
Try also wikipedia on both topics.
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Mike Dworetsky
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