Re: Astronomical monuments?

[Helmut Sonderegger (Tele2)]

Willy,

there ia also a free pdf-download of this book from 
http://openarchive.icomos.org/267/


Helmut Sonderegger

Am 03.07.2013 14:25, schrieb Willy Leenders:
Read the e-book (free) at 
http://issuu.com/starlightinitiative/docs/astronomy-and-world-heritage_thematic-study 



Willy Leenders
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)

Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg 
(Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in 
Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be








Op 1-jul-2013, om 07:10 heeft Rob Seaman het volgende geschreven:

Readers of the Sundial mailing list may be interested in the several 
excellent slide presentations from last month's meeting in 
Charlottesville, Virginia, "Requirements for UTC and Civil 
Timekeeping on Earth":


http://futureofutc.org/program/

Preprints for the proceedings will appear in a few weeks.  I am 
currently working on my own contribution, "The Meaning of a Day":


http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/futureofutc/program/presentations/AAS_13_515.pdf

And have grown interested in issues of monuments and other 
commemorative installations relying on astronomical depictions to 
convey dates and times.  This could be considered a broader category 
containing sundials and inscriptions on sundials as well as ancient 
monuments such as Stonehenge and perhaps modern public art pieces.


For instance, Hoover Dam commemorates its dedication not only with 
monumental sculptures, but also with a detailed celestial map 
conveying the precession of the equinoxes and the apparition of the 
sky and planets on the date in question:


https://archive.org/details/HooverDamMonumentPlazaSculpturesCompleteBooklet
http://longnow.org/membership/newsletters/02013-march-equinox/

I would welcome any pointers to similar monuments, whether large or 
small, especially those with a long term vision such as the 26,000 
precessional cycle.


Thanks!

Rob Seaman
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Tucson, AZ

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Re: Astronomical monuments?

[Willy Leenders]

Read the e-book (free) at 
http://issuu.com/starlightinitiative/docs/astronomy-and-world-heritage_thematic-study

Willy Leenders
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)

Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with 
a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): 
http://www.wijzerweb.be







Op 1-jul-2013, om 07:10 heeft Rob Seaman het volgende geschreven:

> Readers of the Sundial mailing list may be interested in the several 
> excellent slide presentations from last month's meeting in Charlottesville, 
> Virginia, "Requirements for UTC and Civil Timekeeping on Earth":
> 
>   http://futureofutc.org/program/
> 
> Preprints for the proceedings will appear in a few weeks.  I am currently 
> working on my own contribution, "The Meaning of a Day":
> 
>   
> http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/futureofutc/program/presentations/AAS_13_515.pdf
> 
> And have grown interested in issues of monuments and other commemorative 
> installations relying on astronomical depictions to convey dates and times.  
> This could be considered a broader category containing sundials and 
> inscriptions on sundials as well as ancient monuments such as Stonehenge and 
> perhaps modern public art pieces.
> 
> For instance, Hoover Dam commemorates its dedication not only with monumental 
> sculptures, but also with a detailed celestial map conveying the precession 
> of the equinoxes and the apparition of the sky and planets on the date in 
> question:
> 
>   
> https://archive.org/details/HooverDamMonumentPlazaSculpturesCompleteBooklet
>   http://longnow.org/membership/newsletters/02013-march-equinox/
> 
> I would welcome any pointers to similar monuments, whether large or small, 
> especially those with a long term vision such as the 26,000 precessional 
> cycle.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rob Seaman
> National Optical Astronomy Observatory
> Tucson, AZ
> 
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