Hi Sundial list
 
In case of lost Qbasic files, here is the formulae created by YVON MASSÉ to
solve easily this old problem.
I hope YVON  returns soon to this list to teach (at least to me) more things.
 
jorge
 
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                                                ( ... ) ... and the solution is simple!

Let Az the azimut of the sun, h the altitude of the sun, g the height of the
gnomon and s the length of the shadow. You can calculate the declination d
of the wall as following:

d = Az +/- arccos (g/(cos h.sqr (g.g + s.s)))

Of course, you must choose one of the two values.

Happy dialing

Yvon
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