Talk:3253: Sunbeam

did the transcript, but the explanation seems a bit daunting GreyFox (talk) 15:32, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

You beat me to the punch! Very fast editing. And I agree, the explanation seems a little too out of reach for my knowledge base. Most likely explanation is that Astrophotography requires the knowledge of how the sun moves in relative to the Earth to take good photos, but that's just my guess. 66.154.219.128 15:35, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

yeah, i tried to be fast; thanks for fixing the caption for me btw. searching astrophotography on wikipedia didnt really help much; lets wait for another more nerdy experienced user to get that done GreyFox (talk) 15:48, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

No problem. 66.154.219.128 16:11, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Can we deduce that the comic takes place in the northern hemisphere? -- 184.174.152.128 (talk) 15:35, 1 June 2026 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

That was my surface-level interpretation too, that this must be a Southern-facing window in the Northern hemisphere, since the East-West axis (the line that the light will travel along) is roughly parallel to the wall, and the light will pivot to the East (left) as the Sun moves West? SomeDee (talk) 15:52, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Either that, or Cueball is wrong: on the southern hemisphere the sun still "moves" from east to west, but north of the observer. If this was the southern hemisphere, the sun beam would thus move towards the far table. 2001:67C:2564:AB0C:1C57:EB42:6C3F:FD47 16:02, 1 June 2026 (UTC)