I thought the sun always sets in the West?

Its all to do with the seasons. In Summer it will be NW and only at the equinoxes (April 22nd and December 22nd) will it set at a true Easterly direction.

I too noticed the same.

Outside the tropics the sun never sets due west.

Interesting equinox dates :D

cheers O - i guess that's a typo above? Westerly surely?

I can't grasp seasons, tilt, orbits and all that. Need to see a 3d model of it, just won't sink in!

If you have any Astronomy software you can check yourself. I can't think of an easy way to explain why.

21st Momm, BTW its at midnight afaik.

this kind of thing O?

http://www.stellarium.org/

I was thinking more that you might have meant March and September

stellarium is brilliant Reyes if you want to find out what's what in the skies at any given time of year and latitude

Stellarium is an excellent free choice.

Doh!

My hangover is still kicking in :D

lol

I'm no expert Oval, but I'm pretty sure the exact times and days vary from year to year by a few hours. Rarely is it exactly at midnight.

tried it, runs like a dog (awful screen flicker) have removed it.

any others?

Get a PC running Windows that can handle the graphics.

I have several installed on my system but keep going back to Stellarium. There's a few free ones on download.com.

I got a great copy of Starry Night Enthusiast from a cover disc but not sure if its downloadeable on the net.

Get your Latitude and Longitude off google maps then try this:

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/stardome/default.aspx

MoMM, I think I read this somewhere, its stuck in my brain from somewhere. Then again I stated the equinoxes were April and December :0

ooooohhhhh EGG. Am on Windows machine currently, will give it a go on superior stuff tomorrow.

Cheers O

You would say that, Reyes.