nautical twilight


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nautical twilight

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9) NATO (April 1949) The Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955 after West Germany joined NATO (10) Beginning Morning Nautical Twilight and End Evening Nautical Twilight ("First light" and "Last light").
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Nautical Twilight is another who returns following a near-miss at the end of October.
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Nautical twilight is from the end of civil twilight to the time that the Sun is 12[degrees] below the horizon, which ends when the boundary between sea and sky is no longer discernible.
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As nautical twilight ends at the beginning of October Mars is already at an altitude of 35[degrees], meaning that it rises 4% hours ahead of the Sun.
Sky notes: 2013 October & November

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