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1 Time Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009

2 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner What time did I have breakfast and dinner on this day? Time

3 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner What time did I have breakfast and dinner on this day? What do we need to know in order to work this out? Time

4 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner We need to know the time of sunrise and sunset. Time

5 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner We need to know the time of sunrise and sunset. This will tell us the duration of the time line of this date. Time

6 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner Okay – with some astronomy software we know that: Sunrise: 06:38am Time

7 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner Okay – with some astronomy software we know that: Sunrise: 06:38am Sunset:17:57pm Time

8 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner Duration =11 hrs 19 min Time 06:38am 17:57pm

9 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner Duration = 679 min Time Let us now measure the length of the timeline: 06:38am 17:57pm

10 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner Time Let us now measure the length of the timeline: Timeline length = 137mm 06:38am 17:57pm 679 min

11 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner 679 min (137mm) Time Let us now measure the length of the timeline: Timeline length = 137mm 1mm = 4min 57 secs (679mins / 137mm) 06:38am 17:57pm

12 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner 679 min Time Sunrise to Breakfast line = 19mm 06:38am 17:57pm 19mm

13 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner 679 min Time Sunrise to Breakfast line = 19mm 19 x 4min 57 secs = 1hr 34min 3secs 19mm = 1hr 34mins 3 secs 06:38am 17:57pm 19mm

14 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner 679 min Time 06:38am + 1hr 34min 3secs = 08:12 Breakfast Time = 08:12am 06:38am 17:57pm

15 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner 679 min Time 06:38am 17:57pm Sunset to Dinner Line = 11mm 11 x 4min 57 secs = 54min 15secs 11mm = 54mins 15secs 11mm

16 Sunrise Sunset Glasgow, Scotland, 7 th March 2009 BreakfastDinner 679 min Time 06:38am 17:57pm 11mm 17:57am - 54min 15secs = 17:02:45 Dinner Time = 17:02pm

17 At Giza the Beginning and End of the Timeline is defined by the 2 culminations of Orion’s Belt – these are analogous to our sunrise and sunset but since they use precessional motion rather than solar motion, they allow us to present a much longer timeline i.e. 12,960 years.

18 N G3 Queens Aligned to min culmination of Orion’s Belt c.10,460 BCE G1 Queens Aligned to max culmination of Orion’s Belt c.2,500 CE

19 N

20 N Mid 12,960 years (half-prcession cycle)

21 Okay – so now a small exercise – Tell me this date :

22 N Mid What date is this?


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