Is that a sundial on the new Mars Rover?

alemma at local mean (“clock”) noon over a Martian year ( = 1.9 Earth years). — Woody Sullivan P.S. Description of Spirit and Opportunity ’s MarsDial: pp. 6-11 in https://s3.amazonaws.com/planetary/assets/tpr/pdf/tpr-2004-v24

A dial in the movie "A Hidden Life" (2019)

recognize the dial. Let us know! Cheers, Woody Sullivan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hidden_Life_(2019_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Jägerstätter *** Prof. (Emeritus) Woodruff T. Sul

Article on new sundial at VLA radio telescope in USA

Colleagues: A detailed description of a new (well, actually six years old), unique sundial at the Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico, USA has appeared as an article in the current issue of the NASS journal Compendium. At https://science.nrao.edu/about/publications/sundial

Article on new sundial at VLA radio telescope in USA

Colleagues: A detailed description of a new (well, actually six years old), unique sundial at the Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico, USA has appeared as an article in the current issue of the NASS journal Compendium. At https://science.nrao.edu/about/publications/sundial

The Slow Watch

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3SP_s_UUVfM?enablejsapi=1=0=1 I couldn’t resist sharing this concept with my gnomonic colleagues, most of whom also appreciate a slower pace to life - the hour hand of a “Slow Watch” of course is not

wonderful exhibit of sundials in New York City - only until 23 April

Our list was informed of the exhibit "Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity" last October, but I remind you now because I was just able to view it, and was flabbergasted at how marvellous it is. First-rate sundials and related items (such as floor mosaics depicting dials) from the ancient

sundial tour of Seattle after the NASS meeting in Victoria

. Cheers, Woody Sullivan *** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III tel 206-543-7773 Dept. of Astronomy Astrobiology Program

sundial village in Italy (near San Marino?)

. Cheers, Woody Sullivan P.S. I already know about Aiello, near Trieste. *** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III tel 206-543

first recorded usage of the word dialler

Dials and Roses of Yesterday . If you'd like to learn more, see http://public.oed.com/appeals/mathematick-rules/ for full details. - Woody Sullivan *** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III

Registration now available for NASS Meeting, Seattle, 18-21 August

and visit the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Cheers, Woody Sullivan -- ** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III Dept. of Astronomy Box 351580 Univ. of Washington tel. 206-543

wine sundials; Re: For January 1st, 2011!

in Seattle 18-21 August 2011. This is another reason for readers of this message to attend this year! With wishes for a peaceful 2011,Woody Sullivan P.S. Fetzer Sundial Chardonnay wine from California is unfortunately mediocre

Great Circle Studio's Solar Calculator is back!

,Woody Sullivan = At 11:38 AM -0500 12/20/10, Bill Gottesman wrote: Hello Sundial-listers, I used to rely on Luke Coletti's Great Circle website's GROK calculator for a precise calculation of sun positions, but that page has been non-operative for about a year

RE: sunset/sunrise times

Tom Thibaud et al.: An interesting consequence of the time of sunrise/set varying with height of the eye is that in principle one could do the following: Observe sunset over the ocean from a beach; quickly climb stairs of a tower or run up a cliff or sand dune (for Holland!), and then see

thank you, Daniel!

. Bravo! - Woody Sullivan -- ** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, IIICenter for Astrobiology Early Evolution Dept. of Astronomy Box 351580 Univ. of Washington

RE: the Paris prime meridian Saint Sulpice

Just to clarify. The prime meridian of Paris (and of France and of French maps, etc.) was the one at l'Observatoire de Paris from late 17th c onwards. Any other meridians were local, including St. Sulpice, which, alas, has now lost some of its joy for me (I've made many observations of

Webcams on sundials; EarthDialer's Newsletter; Martian Rovers' Winter Solstice

at Pembroke College (Cambridge, England) and at Univ. of Wisconsin (USA), but alas they have both ceased. = EarthDialer's Newsletter No. 11 To: EarthDialers (current census at very end) and potential EarthDialers and friends of EarthDial From: Woody Sullivan and Hilda

EarthDial Project - global sundials now online!

EarthDial and set up a Webcam - join us soon! Especially, where is all of Europe?! Write me if you have any questions or suggestions as to how to spread the word. Thanks. - Woody Sullivan P.S. Check out the websites of the EarthDials in Spain (Valencia

MarsDial - Two Worlds One Sun

the superposition right. Note also that there are really two main cameras (for stereo imaging), and for some reason one camera is giving different results than the other! Stay tuned. Cheers, Woody Sullivan Here are some URL's of interest: http

EarthDial project

it! Thanks. - Woody Sullivan +++ [originally sent 24 Nov. 03] Fellow dialists: At the Web site mentioned below, you can get full instructions for how to build your EarthDial, which is a sundial

R. Glynne Smithsonian dial replica

wishes to all for a peaceful 2004, Woody Sullivan ** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III Center for Astrobiology Early Evolution Dept. of Astronomy Box 351580 Univ. of Washington

Sundials and atomic clocks

Title: Sundials and atomic clocks This article will be of interest to those of you interested in those weird leap seconds that sometimes get added to our clocks on New Year's Eve due to the unpredictable changes in the Earth's rotation. Ironically, amidst discussions of keeping time with the

BBC radio program(me) on sundials on 13 Dec.

December at 1530 GMT. It's of course easy to hear in the UK, but anyone with a Web connection who can stream audio can also listen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ or through the ether on long wave at 198 meters. ** Prof.

EarthDial project is now officially launched

longitudes and latitudes not in Europe and North America] Please look over the detailed, illustrated instructions, etc. at the Website below, and let me know if you're likely to participate. Let's make this truly a planet-wide project! Cheers, Woody Sullivan

Re: Analemmatic EoT Correction

Ptolemaic epicycles solution to the equation of time dilemma! On some future dial (for an astronomical institution would be best) I shall have to incorporate it somehow, no matter what type of dial it is! Cheers, Woody P.S. Wish I could make it to Tucson to

Re: vineyard sundials

it for a special occasion. - Woody Sullivan * Hi Hans and all, Some vineyard dials can be seen at my sundial site: http://www.biol.rug.nl/maes/zonnewijzers/welcome-e.htm Choose Index from the menu and go

RE: An easy question

not so often used today) to mean essentially the same as solar time, i.e., that referred to the *true* sun, not the mean (fictitious) sun. Cheers, Woody Sullivan *** On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, david scott wrote: Hi bill

a quotation for 21st c. gnomonicists

We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. -- Oscar Wilde ** Prof.

Moore dial's location

transferred to Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium. Can one of our Belgian colleagues confirm its present location? ** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. of Astronomy, Box 351580

Martian sundial

Here's another press release on the Martian sundial, from the University of Washington's point of view. Go to the cited URL at the end for the 2 illustrations. It's been a fun project to work on (and it's still got a long ways to go!) - Woody Sullivan

Mars sundial

. Cheers, Woody Sullivan the Athena Pancam instrument team ** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. of Astronomy, Box 351580 tel. 206-543-7773 Univ

N. American Sundial Soc. meeting in Seattle 12-13 Sept. 98

, Seattle, WA 98112 USA, or Woody Sullivan at 206-543-7773 (daytime) or 206-784-1052 (evenings) or [EMAIL PROTECTED] This meeting is open to nonmembers, but we encourage you to join. NASS was established in 1994, currently has several hundred members (including many outside of North America

NASS Meeting in Seattle 11-13 Sept 98

www.sundials.co.uk/~seattle.htm), a banquet with live Renaissance music on the topic of time and sundials (!), a software demonstration session, and the usual talks on all aspects of gnomonics. For further information, contact Woody Sullivan at 206-543-7773 (daytime) or 206-784-1052 (evenings) or [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Calculating declination and equation of time

, Dec, and EoT. (Please put them in three columns of single numbers so that they can be easily cut and pasted into a spread-sheet.) Several years ago, I did a similar job, but only averaging over 12 years. Thanks. - Woody Sullivan * From: Gianni

Re: visibility of sundials on a (high!) chimney

different sides of the chimney indicate different things). Good luck - keep us informed as the project progresses. met vriendelijk groeten uit Seattle, Woody Sullivan

Philadelphia-area sundials of note

I have three to recommend. The first two are in the NASS Registry, but the last is not. (1) Franklin Mint, Franklin Center, Penn. (about 15 miles W of Philadelphia on Rte. 1, on the south side of the highway, just outside the Museum) - an elaborate, large equatorial dial (2) Longwood Gardens,

the analemma

. Harold Brandmaier, 63 Florence Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640, USA. Happy dialling, Woody Sullivan ** Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III [EMAIL