Jonathan, You might try to contact John Balwit as a starting point. (503) 583-2181
Frank ----------------------------------- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 9:58 AM Jonathan Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a nice piece in the news the other day about this armillary > sphere which seems like a very beautiful scientific artwork at St Johns. > > https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2019-12-31/new-devise-in-new-mexico-turns-back-clock-on-astronomy > I’d very much like to pay a visit and see this device, which, while it > doesn’t contribute much scientifically to the astronomical community, it’s > one heck of an artistic and historical project. I love the aesthetics of > armillary spheres, and the visionary role they’ve played for so long, > showing us our place in the heavens. > > I have a pet art project in mind called the “Galactic Observatory” that > builds off this tradition, which is a galactic pointer that rotates slowly > with the earth’s turning to constantly point at the center of the Milky Way > galaxy, allowing us to orient ourselves to a larger scale. It’s the logical > evolution from the geocentric to the heliocentric to the galactocentric > reference frame. It was only just over 100 years ago that we discovered > where we sit in the Milky Way, and hey, we’re not in the center of it all > (and a good thing we’re not, too!) > I would love to meet the folks responsible for creating the St John’s > armillary sphere; maybe they’ll have an interest in helping see a next > generation modern updated astronomical sculpture come to life too... > > > -Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D. > Executive Director, Fractal Foundation > Support our mission today and share the beauty of fractals: > http://store.fractalfoundation.org <https://fractalfoundation.org/> > Next First Friday Fractals shows: Friday January 3 > Fractals are SMART: Science, Math & Art! > +1.505.489.3393 > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 6:05 AM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've heard about it from our friend John Balwit, who may have some >> responsibility for it. >> >> Frank >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Frank Wimberly >> >> My memoir: >> https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly >> >> My scientific publications: >> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 >> >> Phone (505) 670-9918 >> >> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 5:45 AM Prof David West <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I just read that St. John's has the only working Armillary Sphere on >>> Earth. have you all checked it out? >>> >>> davew >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >>> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > > > -- > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > [email protected] <[email protected]> > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merle.lelfkoff2 > twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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