"Measure the gnomon's height from the point where the shadow begins, to the top directly above that point. The shadow is measured from the stick where the shadow begins to the end of the shadow. If the shadow stick is thick, do not add the thickness of the stick to the length of the shadow.
Once you have the shadow length, you can calculate the angle of the Sun with trigonometry using the shadow length and gnomon height: Remember that you need to make a minimum of 3 measurements and find the angle values for each measurement. You will then average the three angles for your final value". -Mitchell Klett MSED 252
Pictured above is my project with my measurements of shadows.
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