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> Similar phenomenon occurs when the Sun passes the meridian
> close to zenith. The graph is now smooth but has a big hump
> in the middle. Closer to zenith, sharper the hump.
Hence my follow up question about the shape(s) (which would not have reached
you before this posting) of the arc the sun scribes at different times of
the year from a fixed position. The next question would be, what is that
shape(s) from the observers point of view?
If it is a circle, then the "humps" will happen at any point on its arc
where lines are connected from 3 Hc's 2 minutes apart and be identical in
error. If the shape scribed is a similar to a parabola or ellipse, and LAN
occurs at the the intersection of the long axis and the arc, then I indeed
can indeed visualize how it would be most pronounced at LAN.
As usually, I may be getting one step nailed down, only to miss the next
step that will give me a working visual model.
