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The Gimnazija Nova Gorica High School in Slovenija have made comprehensive measurements, and did send us these data:
Gnomon length: 10 cm
| Time | X (mm) | Y (mm) |
| 10h00 | -135 | 95 |
| 10h30 | -105 | 95 |
| 11h00 | -81 | 96 |
| 11h30 | -58 | 97 |
| 12h00 | -35 | 96 |
| 12h30 | -18 | 97 |
| 13h00 | 3 | 97 |
| 13h30 | 21 | 96 |
| 14h00 | 38 | 95 |
| 14h30 | 59 | 95 |
| 15h00 | 81 | 94 |
| 15h30 | 108 | 93 |
| 16h00 | 140 | 91 |
radius of the circle: R = 166 mm
First contact at: 10 h 00 min
Last contact at: 16 h 00 min
local noon at: 13 h 00 min = 11 h 00 min UT
time passed between LOCAL NOON and END OF MOON ECLIPSE: 8 h 16 min
latitude: 45 degrees 57 minutes
Best regards,
Miran Tratnik
Explanation - In Greenwich, Local Noon was at 11h 55m local noon ('local noon' is when the Sun is seen in the direction of South).
The total eclipse ended at 19h 16m Local time - From UK this is 7 hours 21 minutes after local noon.
Our Globe rotates 360 Deg in 24 hours, which equals 15 Deg pr hour.
Miran and his students got an eclipse end nearly one hour later, 8h16 m - 7h 21m = 55 minutes, corresponding to a longitude of approx (55/60)*(15 Deg pr hour) = 14 Degrees East - in nice agreement with the actual values.
Congratulations !