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  2. Twilight - Wikipedia

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    Twilight occurs according to the solar elevation angle θ s, which is the position of the geometric center of the Sun relative to the horizon. There are three established and widely accepted subcategories of twilight: civil twilight (nearest the horizon), nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight (farthest from the horizon).

  3. Polar night - Wikipedia

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    Civil" twilight occurs when the Sun is between 0 and 6 degrees below the horizon. Nearby planets like Venus and bright stars like Sirius are visible during this period. [3] "Nautical" twilight continues until the Sun is 12 degrees below the horizon. [4] During nautical twilight, the horizon is visible enough for navigation. [5] "Astronomical ...

  4. Sky brightness - Wikipedia

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    Twilight (both dusk and dawn) is divided into three 6° segments that mark the Sun's position below the horizon. At civil twilight, the center of the Sun's disk appears to be between 1/4° and 6° below the horizon. At nautical twilight, the Sun's altitude is between –6° and –12°. At astronomical twilight, the Sun is between –12° and ...

  5. Dawn - Wikipedia

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    The period of twilight is shortest at the Equator, where the equinox Sun rises due east and sets due west, at a right angle to the horizon. Each stage of twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical) lasts only 24 minutes. From anywhere on Earth, the twilight period is shortest around the equinoxes and longest on the solstices. [citation needed]

  6. Difference between meteorological and astronomical seasons

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    People know about the changing seasons based on Earth's orbit around the sun, the astronomical season. There's another type of season used by meteorologists known as the meteorological season.

  7. No Time Like the Past - Wikipedia

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    Exit one Paul Driscoll, a creature of the twentieth century. He puts to a test a complicated theorem of space-time continuum, but he goes a step further, or tries to.. Shortly, he will seek out three moments of the past in a desperate attempt to alter the present, one of the odd and fanciful functions in a shadowland known as the Twilight

  8. William Shatner explains why his classic 'Twilight Zone ... - AOL

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    Premiering on Oct. 11, 1963, "Nightmare" is the first episode many think of when The Twilight Zone theme starts playing. And to this day, Shatner still finds himself gremlin-spotting when he gets ...

  9. Night - Wikipedia

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    Civil" twilight occurs when the Sun is between 0 and 6 degrees below the horizon. Nearby planets like Venus and bright stars like Sirius are visible during this period. [16] "Nautical" twilight continues until the Sun is 12 degrees below the horizon. [17] During nautical twilight, the horizon is visible enough for navigation. [18] "Astronomical ...