865 BULGARIA August 2022

BULGARIA AUGUST 2022

Latitude for travelling and navigate Calculate the latitude of the place determining the height of the Sun at noon (experience 1) and, if possible, determine the altitude of the pole or the Polar star (experience 2) and record the results of each experience in the following Table of Results:

Teacher’s Name Kameliya Pencheva •

School were taking place the experiment Professional Agrotechnical High School

City and country Bayla Slatina, Bulgaria

Real Latitude 43.1664032 N

Day, month, hour=midday* 11.08.2022, 12:00

Solar Declination +15 27 48

Day, month, hour= 11.08.2022, 10 p.m.

Latitude with the pole ** 43

L = 90º - h +D = 90º - 60º + 15º 27´ = 45,27º

Latitude by the Sun 45,27

This table with the data and results, and 2 or 3 photos of the experiment, mustbe sent before September 23, 2022 to newsletter.nase@gmail.com *You can only calculate the latitude with the Sun, when it is at the highest point of its diurnal trajectory, that is, at noon from the Sun. For this reason, the quadrant must be used when the sundial indicates 12 o'clock. **The latitude with the pole can only be calculated if the polar zone is observed from our city, that is, if we are not in the tropical zone or close to it.