Thanks all! Ruud Hooijenga was right, when I move the light away the times
start to converge.

Dan Uza

On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Ruud Hooijenga <[email protected]> wrote:

> Perhaps you are too close with the light. Ideally, the rays should be
> parallel, as if you were at infinity (or something like 150 million
> kilometers).
>
> I think the rays from the phone flashlight diverge too much, so that the
> shadows will, too.
>
> Op 9 maart 2016 om 15:00 schreef Dan-George Uza <[email protected]>:
>
>
> Hello!
>
> I've made my first paper template for a cubical sundial, checked the hour
> lines on all faces with Orologi Solari, even built a model in Sketchup. All
> appears to be perfect until I test it out with my phone's flashlight. The
> horizontal and vertical south dial both show the same time, however on the
> northern dial and on the eastern and western one time differs by half an
> hour or more. I got inspired by this model
> http://www.stegers.ch/sundial/wuerfel.pdf which apparently has the same
> issue. I wonder why. Am I doing something wrong? Any help will be much
> appreciated.
>
> Dan Uza
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