Using Google I located the drag strip at "7920 Clay Street, Hobart, IN",
set the pointer on I-30 within TPR and determined that Sept. 20-26
should be good dates to catch the sun over the track. The sun will be
setting between 6:34 and 6:40 pm on those dates. That should give you
enough leeway for bad weather. Mark your calendar.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/30/2013 2:31 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Maybe it's The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE), often mentioned here by
> Ken. In any case TPE is available for most platforms including Windows,
> MAC, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. The desktop versions for
> Windows and Mac are free. Get it here:
> <http://photoephemeris.com/>
>
> In short you get a Google based map centered on your location and a
> table with phase of the moon, sunrise/set, moonrise/set and four lines
> drawn over the map indicating the directions of sun/moon/rise/set from
> you location.
>
> Your task is to figure out the date using TPE when the sun sets directly
> over US 30 at your location. The interface is a bit unusual but you'll
> eventually figure it out.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 7/30/2013 1:12 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> That will change as we move to the end of summer, Paul. The sun sets in the
>> northwest in high summer, in the northern Hemisphere, and in the southwest
>> in winter; it's a similar change for sunrise, of course. There's an
>> excellent app for the iPad and iPhone which will help . . .
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 30 Jul 2013, at 06:08, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> My only real frustration is that the Sun sets too far to the North - I
>>> want it to set exactly over the end of the strip. I'm pretty sure
>>> that's outside of my powers....
>>
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