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Summer Solstice Orientation at Stonehenge

Credits : Photo by Mariusz Mario from FreeImages

The Stonehenge site is a prehistoric monument definitely oriented to the sunrise on the day of the Summer Solstice. Using the “Goto Equinoxes/Solstices Panel” in Uruk_One we can easily find the azimuth of the Sun on the day of the SS for different epochs.

Once reached the Solstice of the year of interest, let’s go to the nearest dawn (by means of Time Change Panel) and stop when the Sun is at the desired elevation (depending on the obstacles present at the site).

In a few minutes we can compute the searched value for different epochs.

Stonehenge : Azimuth (NESW) of the Sun at the Summer's Solstice Sunrise :
5000 BCE 48.0°
4000 BCE 48.1°
3000 BCE 48.3°
2000 BCE 48.5°
1000 BCE 48.7°
   0     48.9°
1000 CE  49.1°
2000 CE  49.3°
3000 CE  49.5°

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