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[email protected] wrote:
> There are astronomy programs like Stellarium and
> smartphone apps that give the azimuth of the sun
> at a given time. That and a protractor will give
> you true north.
>
An EASY way, will be to use a 'combined' Horizontal AND Analemmatic dial.
You just rotate this, until it shows the SAME time on BOTH dials - which
then means that it is AUTOMATICALLY aligned in the North/South direction.
No need for any computer 'Apps' - although you would need some sunshine!
Hope this is of some help - Linda Reid.
>
> > I would also love to see sundials in schools. Not just an analemmatic
> > dials
> > but the multi dial as well.
> >
> > This is why I am trying to find an easy way to find north.
> >
> > I would like to be able to use a horizontal dial and rotate it until it
> > reads the true time. Obviously this won't work with a standard horizontal
> > dial because we are not all on the same longitude. The other reason is the
> > equation of time.
> >
> > However, I believe it would work if there was a website that calculate
> > setting your watch to LAT instead of LMT. This website would have to take
> > in account the longitude as well as the day of the year it is. You then
> > rotate the sundial until it is the correct time on your watch.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Donald Christensen
> > 0423 102 090
> > www.sundialsforlearning.com
> >
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