The Astronomy Connection: Re: SSP sun times

If I'm reading the Lick Observatory Astronomical calendar correctly, sunset on the 26th is at 19.39 and twilight ends at 2125. At 0254 the next day, dawn begins, and sunrise is at 0440. So by my calculations, we will have approximately 5.5 hours of solid night observing. Geez, I really don't like daylight savings time...

Stacy

You might NOT be an astronomer if you think Uranus is an anatomical feature rather than a planet.

>From: Mark Wagner

>Reply-To: The Astronomy Connection

>To: tac

>Subject: [TAC] SSP sun times - it figures!

>Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:22:41 -0700

>I was watching the TV news last night, Steve Raleigh on KRON doing

>the weather. He referred to our "springing ahead" showing various

>sunrise-sunset times for the year, and there was an obvious "jump"

>forward for daylight savings. He mentioned June 26 as having either

>the latest sunset or longest daylight of the year - I forget which -

> but I then realized we are holding SSP during what amounts to the

>shortest night of the year! Who's idea was that?!!!

>Now, I always thought the summer solstice was the longest daylight

>day of the year - falling on June 21 (12:10 PM PDT), so I'm not

>really sure what I heard on the news last night. For a brief minute

>I thought we should have some sort of Druid celebration, erecting a

>mini-Stonehenge at the star party, but the local folks would

>probably conclude we were even more odd than we might already seem

>(shoot, maybe not... they have Mt. Shasta just up the road!) .

>Then I realized, it is not when the dark comes that makes a

>difference to me, it is dawn that I abhor, and that's a constant.

>Dawn is truly an unwelcome astronomical intrusion.

>I've said it before.... dawn... what a lame idea.

>I can't wait for SSP!

>Mark

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