Re:

2000-01-08 Thread fer j. de vries
Hi Alexei, It is not a good idea to wrap a south facing dial around a cylinder. That will not work properly. Any straight line on a plane southdial will change into a curved line on a cylinder. So you have to calculate more the 2 points to draw a line. For local suntime, with or without

Re: total lunar eclipse

2000-01-08 Thread John Shepherd
John Carmichael wrote: My new Celestial Products moon calendar says that there will be a total lunar eclipse at 4:41 UT on January 21 (the evening of Jan. 20th in North America). We have already discussed on the list the fact that moonlight should indicate the correct time on a sundial during

total lunar eclipse

2000-01-08 Thread Phil Pappas
Hello dialists: My new Celestial Products moon calendar says that there will be a total lunar eclipse at 4:41 UT on January 21 (the evening of Jan. 20th in North America). We have already discussed on the list the fact that moonlight should indicate the correct time on a sundial during