Ancient Astronomy
Ti workshop Saturday 8 May 2005.
Possible explorations:
Rectified Globe, see how sunlight falls on the earth.
The Analemma, The motion of the sun through the sky during a year.
Tides, recorded by horn corals aka rugose corals.
Observe sunrise and sunset positions during the year.
Solstice sunrises, build your own stonehenge.
Observe moonrise and moonset positions.
NASA website on Ancient astronomical sites: http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/locations/chaco.htm
Latitudes of Ancient Observatories
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