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Contact Us Luckily, The Good Lord
designed us with our own
If you would like to know more about the work of the Wildlife and Environment
Group or to be included on our mailing list, please contact: means of measuring the
passage of time.
Tony Bates at tonybates19@gmail.com / 01929 471563
The mature human extended
Amy Yates at AmyEyeats@hotmail.com or handwidth / extended arm
length ratio is a constant
Mike Gee at mike.n.g@outlook./com / 0775 988 4942.
feature of homo sapiens and
results in an extended ‘hand
span’ of approx. 15 degrees.
(This doesn’t work with Orang-Utans)
Thus, If we close the left eye, extend the right arm as far as we can horizontally
and open the hand as hard as possible, the angular distance between the end of

the thumb and the end of the ‘pinkie’ is about 15 degrees. So if the tip of the
When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw
thumb is touching a star at, say 2am, that star will move to the end of the pinkie
their advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the by 3am. Simple!
effectiveness of their advert and helps us generate more The same goes for the sun, (but guard your eyes.) Conversely, if you are not sure
where South is and you know it is 11am BST (i.e. 10 am GMT), 2 hand-widths from
advertising revenue!! the sun will put the tip of your pinkie touching South. (Which is where the position
of the Sun will be at 1300 BST/1200 GMT).
We all know that the sun is at its highest at local noon and is, by definition, due
Paul Martin 07788 185048 Could the ALEXANDER South. (Our own geographical position is close enough to the Greenwich

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paulmartinelectrics@outlook.com TECHNIQUE help you? Having decided that we can measure 15-degree intervals horizontally with
remarkable accuracy, we can do the same thing vertically. “How high is that
Local BH20 electrician, with over forty years’ bright planet from the horizon?” The same trick applies by measuring vertically
experience offering:- Learning the technique will enable you to from the horizon. But where is our horizon when looking out a landing window
realise that the way you stand & move can and staring at the shadow of Black Hill? The answer is that we create our own
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How? Standing upright, one eye closed, and looking dead ahead, raise a level
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Installations results in their Your ’15-degree hand span’ works vertically as well if you know the angular
height (calculated altitude) of the celestial body in question. Ff you want to find
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Testing the Pole Star (not a bright star unfortunately) we look to the North . We know that
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All Work Guaranteed Jeannette Martin MSTAT So where is all this leading us? I hope that it has sparked some interest in knowing

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