Dear Fabio;
What an interesting find !
Considering the fact that by the time of construction of the sundial northern
Finland was part of Sweden it would be worth to perform
comparative analysis of the Tornio sundial with examples from the Stockholm
Nordiska Museum.
The Nordiska Museum has the l
The attached mail from Frans Maes was erroneously sent to me only.
I wish to add that the same "trick" can be done with Sol Et Umbra using the
commands at the bottom of the display.
Ciao.
Gian
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From: Maes, F.W.
Date: 2018-03-22 21:00 GMT+01:00
Subject: Re:
Dan,
the program AlmSun by Rafał Tomasik can compute the instant when the sun
reaches the desired azimuth and height.
More info can be found at http://almsun.pl/en/
Actually it is not freeware but it requires a small payment (it was 19 $
two years ago).
Ciao.
Gian
2018-03-22 15:47 GMT+01:00 Dan
I don't know any software, but my approach would be:
1. Use Altitude and Azimuth and Latitude to calculate Declination
(straightforwad Spherical Trig calculation. If you need formula, it will
take me a moment to come up with it)
2. Calculate dates for the declination (longitude/time zone will mat
Dear all, given the azimuth and altitude of a point in the sky, what would
be the best way of finding the dates and times during which the Sun reaches
that point? Is there any software for this?
Dan Uza
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Dear Fabio,
There are several similar sundials in the Netherlands. One example can be
seen at:
http://www.fransmaes.nl/zonnewijzers/en/menkema-e.htm
Typically, they are combined with two cubic sundials, rotated 45° with
respect to another.
The points of the star all form small polar dials, each co
Hi all
I've a contact with Susanna Kuokkanen, a student of archeology of the
University of Oulu, Finland.
Oulu is quite close to the polar circle, on the gulf of Botnia.
A star-shaped sundial was found during an axcavation for the
construction of a building in Tornio.
Tornio is just at the t
