(SNES) The Sun is where? ....and a little quiz

[Albireo54@aol.com]

Hi All, 

Not everyone realizes this, but in addition to the 12 constellations of the 
zodiac, the Sun also travels through two others. One of them is where it has 
been for the past 12 days: Ophiucus. It actually spends 17 days there after 
leaving the much better known Scorpius, where it resides for only a brief 
week. I guess in olden times not many people recognized poor Ophiucus! Even 
for those of us who do, that area of the constellation looks like it really 
should belong to Scorpius anyway.  :o)

The 14th constellation is a bit of a teaser, because the exact center of the 
Sun doesn't (currently) enter it. However, a portion of the Sun does pass 
through a corner of Cetus, over an 8 hour period, on the night of March 
27/28. 

Yesterday I was commenting to my nephew about the fact that we have now 
passed the earliest sunset of the year (4:17PM). The latest sunrises come in 
the first week of January (7:09 AM), with the shortest actual day being 
December 21st, the winter solstice. My nephew asked why the one month lag 
between earliest sunset and latest sunrise - and, boy, I had to think about 
that for a moment or two before offering an explanation. Can you explain this 
phenomenon? 

Hoping for some clearing Friday night,
Doug Stewart
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