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Reply To: Sundial at the Equator

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Emily
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Thanks for your response! We will do a modified sundial as you suggested. As long as this lesson isn’t conducted too close to an equinox, wouldn’t we still be able to determine true north (or south depending on the time of year) since the sun isn’t exactly directly overhead except for those times?