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by sunshinesnacks 458 days ago
I think the section “Atmospheric refraction and the solar limb” near the end of the article addresses this.
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Not exactly; even after the sun is fully below the horizon there's some light. See the interactive graph - the times aren't long enough for twilight. But you can use a larger value of "a" in the equation above it to make that change.
Yeah, you’re right. Something like civil twilight, as you mentioned above, should get it closer to what is being discussed here.