Sunday, November 16, 2025

Changes in Latitude

No, I am not going to break out singing Jimmy Buffet songs, although I enjoy his work.  A downside of living at 43 degrees latitude is thst days and nights tend to extremes depending on the season.  Moving to eastern Tennessee means 36 degrees latitude.  The very long days in summer at high latitudes are hard on amateur astronomers because you have to wait late into the evening for observing. Being able to be out in summer means you can observe in warm weather. 

This will still require adjusting the equatorial platform on which Big Bertha tracks the sky.  I am hoping a seven degree change will not be too dramatic a change. 

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