At 14:11 06-03-96 +0000, Pam wrote: >.... >Is there some way to overcome this problem? Someone once suggested that >perhaps the sundial base could be tilted. Any help you can provide me >would be greatly appreciated. >...
Pam, There is a 3rd solution: you can use the shadow of any point, e.g. de tip of a pole. You can imagine this point as a part of the bar described by Roger Sinnott. Using a point as a shadowpointer has one more advantage: you can also read the declination of the sun. Knowing that the sun has only twice a year a particular declination you can see that you more or less a date scale added to your sundial. As a first try you can use vertical pole of ca. 2 meter. Don't forget: you have to read the sundial by locating the TIP of the shadow, not the edge of the pole. This type of sundial illustrates very nice when the sun is in your zenith, when it is culminating South and when it is culminating North. Good luck, Thibaud Taudin-Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
