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Q: Astronomy Face Inaccurate?

Does it not bother anyone else that the position of the sun shadow seems to be about an hour behind where it should be on the Apple Watch astronomy face?  At sunrise the shadow dividing line between day and night should be right over my current location here in Los Angeles. It isn't.  I've checked it with Sky Safari Pro and the images don't agree.

 

Maybe Daylight Saving Time could be the reason for the difference?  In any event, am i missing something?

Posted on Jun 19, 2015 8:02 AM

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Q: Astronomy Face Inaccurate?

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 19, 2015 8:58 AM in response to bdpsp
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    Jun 19, 2015 8:58 AM in response to bdpsp

    It is wrong for Hamburg, Germany as well.

    Sunset will be later in two hours, but the watch face is showing Hamburg right on the terminator already.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 19, 2015 11:17 AM in response to bdpsp
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    Jun 19, 2015 11:17 AM in response to bdpsp
  • by Roger Fischer,

    Roger Fischer Roger Fischer Jul 1, 2015 4:31 AM in response to léonie
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    Jul 1, 2015 4:31 AM in response to léonie

    The astronomy face has its seasons upside down, backwards or dyslexic, however you wish to term it. It's showing the northern hemisphere in its winter in July.

  • by Roger Fischer,

    Roger Fischer Roger Fischer Jul 3, 2015 3:54 AM in response to bdpsp
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    Jul 3, 2015 3:54 AM in response to bdpsp

    the display is backwards. It's showing the northern hemisphere in its winter, when it should be showing summer. Yesterday (July 2) it was correct for a brief time. Then this morning (July 3), it reverted. Not sure if these algorithms reside within each watch or are transmitted from some dyslexic cloud.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 3, 2015 5:31 AM in response to Roger Fischer
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    Jul 3, 2015 5:31 AM in response to Roger Fischer

    Indeed, it is showing the deepest eternal winter night for the northern hemisphere, when we should be having midnight sun in the northern regions.

    The North Pole should be in bright sunlight all day right now.

    IMG_4021.jpg

  • by Roger Fischer,

    Roger Fischer Roger Fischer Jul 4, 2015 6:33 AM in response to léonie
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    Jul 4, 2015 6:33 AM in response to léonie

    Here's what appears to be going on -- and it's worse than dyslexia; it's insanity. In the morning it's backwards, but sometime toward the evening it corrects itself, then returns to backwards sometime over night.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 4, 2015 6:57 AM in response to Roger Fischer
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    Jul 4, 2015 6:57 AM in response to Roger Fischer

    I never noticed how unstable the axis of the Earth is. Now we finally know that Apple is causing the climate change .

  • by bennyjlava,

    bennyjlava bennyjlava Sep 18, 2015 11:57 AM in response to bdpsp
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    Sep 18, 2015 11:57 AM in response to bdpsp

    I diagnosed this problem shortly after the Apple Watch came out. There is one time of day when the shadow is accurate. Then, as the day progresses, the shadow rotates about an axis defined by the points on the terminator that are closest to the two poles. This is wrong. It is the Earth that rotates about its axis, defined by the North and South Poles. On the Apple Watch, in summer or winter each Polar Region is in sunlight at one time of day and in darkness 12 hours later. In reality, it takes 6 months for that to happen. Right now it is close to the equinox, so the problem is less apparent. I hope this gets fixed in WatchKit 2.0!