SEPTEMBER 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 Konstantina Chrysanthakopoulou & Varvara Petridou
School were taking place the experiment
8th JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF CHALANDRI City and country
Chalandri, Athens, Greece
Real Latitude 38,02675 Day, month, hour=might day*
Thursday 22/9/2022, 13.00
Solar Declination +003433
Latitude with the pole ** 38
Latitude by the Sun 38 Day, month, hour= Monday 19/9/2022, 22.30 (Tasos Dapergolas, Varvara Petridou, - Herakleion Attikis theodolite – impossible to take a measurement otherwise, because of the light pollution)
This table with the data and results, and 2 or 3 photos of the experiment, must be 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.
Latitude with the pole, Monday 19/9/2022, 22.30(measurement: Herakleion Attikis)
Latitude by the Sun 8th High School of Chalandri, 22/9/2022, 13.00
