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To photograph the sunset on the Grand Canal in Versailles
Publiée le 2007-03-20 |
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One reads sometimes in certain reviews that the axes of the Large Channel of the Castle of Versailles are directed East-West and North-South. Some in it is deduced, with good reason, that the Sun was to lie down in the axis of the large channel the days of the equinoxes. However the azimuth of the axis is not perfectly East-West, it deviates some from approximately 22° what changes the dates considerably where this phenomenon is observable. The altitude of the floor in front of the frontage of the castle of Versailles turned towards the Large Channel is of 142m, the horizon in the direction of the large channel elevated because of a hill of 128 meters altitude is located at 10650 meters. The azimuth of the axis of the Large Channel is of 111°49' 56 "is approximately 111°50 '; (approximately 292 ° northern). By holding account of the atmospheric refraction and these various parameters we calculated that the center of the Sun lies down in 2005 in the axis of the large channel at the following dates:
Some precise details: If one studies the data above one notes that the azimuth of the center of the Sun to its sleeping never falls exactly into the axis from the channel, it is nearest for the median dates (on April 27 and on August 15), it is slightly in the south (towards the left) when the azimuth is lower than 111°49' 56 "and slightly in north (towards the line) when the azimuth is higher than 111°49' 56". In all the cases it is possible to take a photograph in the axis of the large channel but the center of the Sun will be more or less high compared to the horizon. One can also exploit the height of the observer while going down or while rising compared to the terrace of the frontage. If one goes up, the center of the Sun will be higher, if one goes down, the center of the Sun will be lower.
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