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Wind high and cold, the sun low, short its course

posted by [personal profile] purplerabbits at 12:02pm on 07/12/2006 under ,
Some people are asking if the Solstice feast is on the proper Solstice. The answer is that daylight on the 21st and 22nd is the same length this year (at 6h 57m 29s, which is TOO DAMN SHORT), but that the astronomical Solstice, when the Sun reaches its furthest point from the equator, is at 22 minutes past Midnight on the 22nd. So yes, I have picked the right day. So ner.

It is possible that this is a geekier answer than they wanted. Tough
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posted by [identity profile] spacelem.livejournal.com at 12:57pm on 07/12/2006
So why is it officially the 21st if it's actually the 22nd?
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posted by [identity profile] purplerabbits.livejournal.com at 02:33pm on 07/12/2006
Because we are feasting from 8pm to 3am...
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posted by [identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com at 02:58pm on 07/12/2006
I have Flash disabled, so I don't know what this site has to say about the solstice...

http://www.globalorgasm.org/
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posted by [identity profile] purplerabbits.livejournal.com at 03:09pm on 07/12/2006
Their blog (http://globalo.blogspot.com/2006/11/welcome-to-globalo-blog.html) is easier to read. They say the 22nd, but don't specify a time. Their count down widget counts down to 3pm on the 22nd, which isn't anything in particular, but there you go. I don't call it synchronised if you get a 24 hour window!
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posted by [identity profile] aardvarkoffnord.livejournal.com at 04:41pm on 07/12/2006
I'd of thrown the trig at them as well.
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posted by [identity profile] zbyszek.livejournal.com at 01:16pm on 08/12/2006
Fantastic geeky information!
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