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mag. north next to geo south??

Posted By: Stefan Bergert (p5081a676.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: 21 NOV 2004 - 16:45z

Hello everybody!

Many thanks (Jeroen) for keeping this forum alive!

My question:

I came upon an old paper from school where my physics-teacher (or was it geo...I don't know anymore) told us that the magnetic south-pole is close to the geologic (don't know if this word is correct) north pole (the "true" north pole) and the magnetic north-pole is next to the true south-pole...

It made sense because the compass-needle shows magnetic north when we look at north and since the "north-needle" of that compass is attracted by magnetic-south I thought the description was correct.

But in many internet-documents I saw images where they show the magnetic-north-pole close to the real, true, north-pole.

What is correct? Are compass-needles painted the other way round so that it fits again?

Any ideas welcome,
Stefan

Messages In This Thread

• mag. north next to geo south??
  Stefan Bergert (p5081a676.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) -- 21 NOV 2004 - 16:45z
  • Mag north
    Will Cronenwett (66-2-70-5-chi-05.cvx.algx.net) -- 21 NOV 2004 - 17:29z
    • Re: Mag north
      Stefan Bergert (rzaixsrv6.rrz.uni-hamburg.de) -- 22 NOV 2004 - 11:16z
      • Re: Mag north
        David Palmer (ppp213-119.lns2.syd3.internode.on.net) -- 22 NOV 2004 - 11:55z