Hello Alain, This is a too large job for me. The article is 17 pages and I have to scan them all. One page scanned will be some 200 kB. Otherwise you can't read anything on screen. I suggest to ask Heinz Sigmund if he still has an electronic copy. I have no adresses but perhaps he may answer to this mail.
Best wishes, Fer. Fer J. de Vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E ----- Original Message ----- From: Alain MORY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: fer j. de vries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: The Shaws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sundial, List <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 8:43 PM Subject: Re: A sundial on the Moon > Hello extraterrestrial diallists ! > > Fer, is it possible to send us, as attached files, this article from > Heinz SIGMUND ? > In text mode it might not be too large to stay under a reasonnable limit > of 30-40 ko ? > > Alain R.MORY > 48°N 7°E > > > "fer j. de vries" a écrit : > > > > Hello Moon Diallists, > > > > There is a sun dial on the Moon! > > > > With Apollo 17 a gnomon (vertical rod) is placed on the moon and with this > > instrument it is possible to read the position of the sun. > > Let's transport a camera to this spot and we may read this dial at home. > > Or is there still a camera? > > Just as proposed for the Mars dial we can add any hour, day, altitude, > > azimut, ..... pattern as we like. > > So it is very easy to make our Moondial. > > > > In "Jahresschrift 2000" of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie" an > > article by Heinz Sigmund about extraterrestial dials is published. > > In that article also the Apollo17 gnomon is mentioned. > > > > Best wishes, Fer. > > > > Fer J. de Vries > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ > > Eindhoven, Netherlands > > lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: The Shaws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Sundial, List <[email protected]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:55 AM > > Subject: A sundial on the Moon > > > > > Help please. > > > > > > Under circumstances that I will not bore you with, Tony Moss and I had > > > dinner this week with Dr Joe P.Allen, (the American astronaut) and that > > well > > > known English eccentric and astronomer Sir Patrick Moore. > > > Naturally, our main topic of conversation was sundials, and there was some > > > talk of the Mars sundial. > > > We also talked about this sundial mailing list, and what a wealth of > > > knowledge is contained in it. > > > > > > Patrick Moore then asked if we could design a sundial, to be placed on the > > > moon at "Tranquility Base" - Joe Allen to be responsible for getting it > > > there!! > > > Should a successful dial be designed, he might feature it on his "The Sky > > at > > > Night" television programme. > > > Tony has offered to make it. > > > > > > So, we have a challenge > > > > > > I regret that I don't know much about the Moon. > > > I guess with a day of 27 days or so, we won't be able to use Earth time. > > > Tony has suggested a "Luna", subdivided, naturally, into "tics". > > > > > > All help and any suggestions for a design would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > Mike Shaw > > > > > > Wirral, UK > > > 53' 22" N > > > 03" 02" W > > > > > > > > > >
