[HN Gopher] Henge Finder
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       Henge Finder
        
       Author : recursecenter
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2025-12-22 17:32 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (hengefinder.rcdis.co)
 (TXT) w3m dump (hengefinder.rcdis.co)
        
       | re wrote:
       | On mobile there's no info other than "please visit from a
       | desktop/laptop computer", so for anyone else not near one:
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       | > Finds when the sun aligns with your street for a perfect sunset
       | view (like Manhattanhenge).
       | 
       | > * Enter an address to check for alignment with the sunset (or
       | more specifically, alignment a little before sunset, the last
       | moment the sun is at 50@)
       | 
       | > * Shows street bearing and sun alignment information
       | 
       | > * Displays coordinates and next henge date (if there is one)
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       | https://github.com/vritvo/henge_finder
        
         | _diyar wrote:
         | Thanks for the summary. Irksome/Curious that the page throws up
         | such a blanket go-away screen when I am using an iPad, which
         | from my perspective is basically the same as a small laptop
         | (only in the browser ofc).
        
       | RandallBrown wrote:
       | About 10 years ago I was working in Manhattan and I was walking
       | down 42nd towards the train station after work. I looked off
       | towards the sunset and thought "Wow, it's setting right between
       | all the buildings." Then I looked the other way and saw dozens of
       | people taking photos. I had accidentally seen Manhattanhenge and
       | probably ruined a few photos.
        
       | monkpit wrote:
       | It would be cool if you could toggle sunset/sunrise - my street
       | slopes upward to the east and sunrise might be more interesting.
        
       | 4ndrewl wrote:
       | The funny thing is that Stonehenge isn't strictly speaking a
       | henge. A henge is an earthwork with a ditch inside a banked earth
       | wall. There might or might not be stones inside the the
       | earthwork.
        
         | BuildTheRobots wrote:
         | Having been brought up on pictures of Stonehenge, I felt a
         | little twang of confused letdown the first time I visited
         | Thornborough. This passes quickly though, and if you're vaguely
         | near North Yorkshire it's well worth a visit. I've had the
         | pleasure of camping at the base of it a few times with fire and
         | mead which makes it all the more fun.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornborough_Henges
        
         | enobrev wrote:
         | Additionally funny (and ironic) that the term "henge" comes
         | from Stonehenge, even though Stonehenge is technically not a
         | henge.
        
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