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Antarctic Circle
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Mark Prange on May 29, 2004 15:15:15 UTC |
The event you describe would occur about 49 nautical miles outside (north of) the Antarctic Circle. --About 15 arcminutes north the Circle since you're observing the Sun's upper limb, not the disk's center. (The Sun disk's semidiameter is about 15 arminutes). --And an additional 34 arcminutes north because of atmospheric refraction. The 34' is a typical amount (given a few arcminutes differently by different sources) of refraction for celestial bodies observed at the horizon, and can vary considerably depending on atmospheric conditions; refraction would diminish with increased altitude of the observer.
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