I lived a long time in a city near the equator with a prominent east-west street. Commuting west to east in the morning and east to west in the evening meant frequent hengings. The roads don't feel particularly safe when you can't see anything.
pierrec 16 minutes ago [-]
Interesting, I've planned similar shots before and used different tools that serve a similar purpose. The Photographer’s Ephemeris has neat visualizations: https://photoephemeris.com/
NASA's Horizons ephemeris is also pretty good at preparing data for this purpose. I've used it with a little script to check when the sun/moon will be in a given box. This hengefinder looks neat and really streamline for its purpose though.
lefra 1 hours ago [-]
It would be nice to be able to access the website on a smartphone (even if the experience is suboptimal), instead of denying access.
HPsquared 45 minutes ago [-]
Smartphones have the huge advantage of direction sensors (3D magnetometer and gyro). I remember using apps like Google sky map (or something like that) way back in 2011 to look at satellites and planets.
thisisauserid 22 minutes ago [-]
Manhattanhenge is cool but people standing in the middle of street for it is pretty nuts.
idbnstra 18 minutes ago [-]
it’s nuts that more streets in manhattan aren’t pedestrianized
4ndrewl 1 hours ago [-]
Stonehenge of course, famously not a henge.
tdb7893 9 minutes ago [-]
Apparently the word "henge" comes from the name Stonehenge but Stonehenge has the ditch on the wrong side of the bank to technically be a henge.
other hint, can use almost anything that casts a shadow, as a stick substitute.
* even more hints availible with stick™ pro
sonofhans 35 minutes ago [-]
I’d like to subscribe to stick™ pro! I tried a piece of string and it waved around in the wind and didn’t work, so I think I may need a paid service for this.
fuzzfactor 46 minutes ago [-]
It would be good to also have the option for alignment with sunrises in addition to sunsets.
For instance in Houston the sunrise aligns with Texas Avenue around the June solstice.
Consequently, there are no sunset alignments for the downtown skyscrapers.
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NASA's Horizons ephemeris is also pretty good at preparing data for this purpose. I've used it with a little script to check when the sun/moon will be in a given box. This hengefinder looks neat and really streamline for its purpose though.
For any other curious people: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/what-is...
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other hint, can use almost anything that casts a shadow, as a stick substitute.
* even more hints availible with stick™ pro
For instance in Houston the sunrise aligns with Texas Avenue around the June solstice.
Consequently, there are no sunset alignments for the downtown skyscrapers.