Re: Sundials, the internet, and education

[Roger Bailey]

Thanks Roderick. I checked the link and followed the links to the solar gnomon 
at the Rothsay Astrophysical Observatory near Calgary. I didn't observe 
anything of interest on this visit.

My visit to the RAO in 2003 was also disappointing . This visit was a scouting 
trip for the NASS conference sundial tour and I hoped to include the equatorial 
dial designed by Dr. Alan Clark about 30 years ago. They also made a copy of 
this equatorial sundial for Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor Connecticut. See 
the NASS Registry #211. Here is a link to the photo 
www.sundials.org/regphotos/211.htm 

The original sundial was out behind the RAO building in 2003, removed from 
display due to an encounter with an alien brandishing a light saber. The gnomon 
was broken  during a school visit and the sundial taken out of service. The 
small lobe on the gnomon is missing. Dr Clark was encouraging them to fix the 
dial and put it back in service but he has retired and the new director has 
other priorities. I do not know the current status of this sundial. There is a 
photo of the damaged sundial on my personal website 
http://www3.telus.net/public/rtbailey/images/RAO-Equ.jpg. 

Regards,
Roger Bailey
Walking Shadow Designs


From: R Wall 
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:07 PM
To: sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de 
Subject: Re: Sundials, the internet, and education


Thanks Len very interesting,

At the bottom of the pdf page is a link to the sundial camera that doesn't 
work, try:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/rao/multimedia

Roderick Wall.

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