Hello from Australia. Your email address was kindly given to me by 'Sky & Telescope' of the USA.
I'm writing to ask you about Sundials, and the particular situation I'm in here, that you may be able to give me some advise. I have tried to construct a sundial, with the help of a computer program which was published in S & T December 1987, entitled 'Sundials on Walls". I saw oe of these when I visited the Madonna Del Sasso, in Locarno Ticino Switzerland, a few years ago. The problem I have is that where I live, the latitude is 17.6 South. We have the sun crossing our latitude mid-November, on it's journey south to the Tropic of Capricorn, and then on it's return it crosses our latitude again at the end of January. How would you build a wall sundial for that course of events. I imagine the same problems would happen for a flat one. It seems to me that you have some sort of Club going, and I would be interested in that. Would you be able to put me onto to someone with whom I can discuss these matters over email. >From the information sent to me by S & T, I'm supposed to put "unsubscribe sundial" in the body of message. Here it is, yet I don't know what that means for you. Maybe you can let me know. It seems you people are based in Germany. I'm from there, been over here some 40 years now. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards, Amit E. (Amit) Klotz ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
