Shadow length in Sun's information

[Dirk Devlies]

Hello everyone

It seems to me that adding the value “The length of the shadow” (or “shadow length”) to the information about the sun is not only interesting for simple educational purposes and as a fun fact, but also for the many people who are interested in the science behind sundials.

At a certain sun elevation, for example 36 degrees, the shadow length of a 100 cm (1 meter) object is equal to

100/tan(36) -> 137.64 cm.
1/tan(36) -> 1.3764 m.

Best regards, and thank you in advance for considering this

Dirk

[Paul Gilmartin]

On 5/7/26 14:11, 'Dirk Devlies' via Stellarium wrote:
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> It seems to me that adding the value “The length of the shadow” (or “shadow length”) to the information about the sun is not only interesting for simple educational purposes and as a fun fact, but also for the many people who are interested in the science behind sundials.

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