Re: Inauguration of the Bellingham Mural Sundial
Len, It's absolutely worth a look. Set your satnav to find the "Ciao Thyme" restaurant in Bellingham or use coordinates 48.753101, -122.476889. The mural is on the south wall of the restaurant, next to a fun Last Supper mural. Google Street View shows the Last Supper but not the sundial of course. There are a number of impressive murals in Bellingham, so take a walk around the city centre and Arts District while you're there. A few years ago I told an exceptionally grumpy US border agent that I was going to a sundial conference, and he proceeded to quiz me in depth about whether I was bringing in goods for sale, and was I carrying commercial samples, was I was a paid speaker, and so on. Now I just tell them my trips are recreational and I'm going to meet friends - which is also truthful. :-D Steve On 2018-09-23 5:44 PM, Len Berggren wrote: Thanks for sharing this with us, Steve. (I wish I had known that there would be such an event so close to where I live.) I remember Sasch sharing his dream with us at a NASS meeting some years ago and its realization is an event well worth celebrating! Is there an address (at least one nearby) so we can set our GPS on a sunny day and drive down to see it in all its glory? What did US Customs and Immigration say when you told them you were going to see the "first shadow" of a sundial?😊 Len --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Inauguration of the Bellingham Mural Sundial
Thanks for sharing this with us, Steve. (I wish I had known that there would be such an event so close to where I live.) I remember Sasch sharing his dream with us at a NASS meeting some years ago and its realization is an event well worth celebrating! Is there an address (at least one nearby) so we can set our GPS on a sunny day and drive down to see it in all its glory? What did US Customs and Immigration say when you told them you were going to see the "first shadow" of a sundial?😊 Len On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 2:48 PM Steve Lelievre < steve.lelievre.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I offer congratulations to everyone involved in yesterday's inauguration > of the wonderful Bellingham Mural Sundial - the huge and stunning > south-facing vertical dial in Bellingham WA conceived by Sasch Stephens, > that was the subject of an international design competition last year. The > competition was won by designer and artist Gretchen Leggitt (with a lovely > gnomon by Aaron Loveitt). Sasch and Gretchen were both there for the > ceremony. > > There was a fun and interesting program for the event (organized by local > sundial maker Chuck Nafziger) that included several speakers, musical > entertainment and even a very brief juggling show (full marks for trying, > Sasch). Woody Sullivan "unveiled" the sundial by leading a count down to > the precise moment of solar noon. > > I've posted a few photos at https://twitter.com/steve_lelievre > > Cheers, Steve L. > > > P.S. By the way, the project is still not fully funded. Please consider > making a donation via https://www.alliedarts.org/bellinghamsundialmural/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- J. Lennart Berggren Professor Emeritus Department of Mathematics Simon Fraser University University Dr. Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 Canada phone: 604-936-2268 fax: 604-936-2168 website: http://people.math.sfu.ca/~berggren/ --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Inauguration of the Bellingham Mural Sundial
Hello, I offer congratulations to everyone involved in yesterday's inauguration of the wonderful Bellingham Mural Sundial - the huge and stunning south-facing vertical dial in Bellingham WA conceived by Sasch Stephens, that was the subject of an international design competition last year. The competition was won by designer and artist Gretchen Leggitt (with a lovely gnomon by Aaron Loveitt). Sasch and Gretchen were both there for the ceremony. There was a fun and interesting program for the event (organized by local sundial maker Chuck //Nafziger) that included several speakers, musical entertainment and even a very brief juggling show (full marks for trying, Sasch). Woody Sullivan "unveiled" the sundial by leading a count down to the precise moment of solar noon. I've posted a few photos at https://twitter.com/steve_lelievre Cheers, Steve L. P.S. By the way, the project is still not fully funded. Please consider making a donation via https://www.alliedarts.org/bellinghamsundialmural/ --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Equinox Analemma
I feel better now. -Bill On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 1:02 PM Steve Lelievre < steve.lelievre.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bill, > > NASA has corrected the page since your post. Now it says "The featured > analemma was composed from images taken every few days at noon". > > Steve > > > On 2018-09-23 7:58 AM, Bill Gottesman wrote: > > The NASA page says the photos were taken at 4PM, but it sure looks like > they were taken at mean solar noon (because the analemma is vertical). > Does anyone have an explanation for this? > > -Bill > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:38 AM Robert Terwilliger > wrote: > >> Astronomy Picture of the Day >> >> >> >> https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180923.html >> --- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >> > > ---https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Equinox Analemma
Bill, NASA has corrected the page since your post. Now it says "The featured analemma was composed from images taken every few days at noon". Steve On 2018-09-23 7:58 AM, Bill Gottesman wrote: The NASA page says the photos were taken at 4PM, but it sure looks like they were taken at mean solar noon (because the analemma is vertical). Does anyone have an explanation for this? -Bill On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:38 AM Robert Terwilliger mailto:b...@twigsdigs.com>> wrote: Astronomy Picture of the Day https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180923.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
RE: Equinox Analemma
I had the same reaction. I think the NASA page is simply mistaken. Either that or the image was edited to make it vertical. Jack Aubert From: sundial On Behalf Of Bill Gottesman Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 10:59 AM To: Robert Terwilliger Cc: Sundials List Subject: Re: Equinox Analemma The NASA page says the photos were taken at 4PM, but it sure looks like they were taken at mean solar noon (because the analemma is vertical). Does anyone have an explanation for this? -Bill On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:38 AM Robert Terwilliger mailto:b...@twigsdigs.com> > wrote: Astronomy Picture of the Day https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180923.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Re: Equinox Analemma
The NASA page says the photos were taken at 4PM, but it sure looks like they were taken at mean solar noon (because the analemma is vertical). Does anyone have an explanation for this? -Bill On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:38 AM Robert Terwilliger wrote: > Astronomy Picture of the Day > > > > https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180923.html > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
Equinox Analemma
Astronomy Picture of the Day https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180923.html --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
