Tony, what website do you use for magnetic variation? I ask because I need to know the MV for Oxford. I'm going to take my compass so that I can get wall declinations of SGS in Oxford.
Have fun installing your new dial. Hope you get some sun. John John L. Carmichael Jr. 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona, 85718 USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sundial Sculptures Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com Stained Glass Sundials Website: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass ----- Original Message ----- From: "tony moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sundial Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 4:51 AM Subject: Magnetic variation. > Fellow Shadow Watchers, > Next week I will be setting off for Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard group of islands 500 miles north of Tromso to install their new 24 hour stainless steel sundial. As any diallist is painfully aware the most probable event for dial installation is an obscured sun all day so for the purposes of the inauguration ceremony and photoshoot we may be forced to do the diallistically unspeakable viz. a temporary magnetic alignment so that at least it looks OK -ish. > > Having consulted various geomagnetic websites for that area, like Omar Khayyam, I "Came out by the same Door as in I went" because the magnetic map at 78° 12' North 15° 40' is exceedingly complex. > > Can anyone tell me the likely current magnetic variation at those coordinates please? > > Thanks in anticipation. > > Tony Moss > > P.S. I bought my snow boots yesterday and overnight we had a full six inches of white stuff in which to try them out so I hope the same Good Luck continues. > > - > -
