Re: Aussie hours til sunset dial

2013-11-19 Thread John Pickard
Thanks Jim, beautiful dial. I'd love my alma mater (Macquarie University in Sydney) to put up a dial. "Hours to sunset": I use my good old (> 12 y) Garmin GPS and it tells me the time of sunset at my current position. Very useful when I am doing field work and thinking about when to find a camp

Re: Aussie hours til sunset dial

2013-11-19 Thread Bill Gottesman
Great Story, Jim. Mac Oglesby has been a strong proponent of Hours to Sunset dials for years. This one is magnificent, thanks for sharing it. -Bill On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 4:17 PM, J. Tallman wrote: > Hello All, > > > > I got a link today from a Spectra owner about a really big sundial proje

Aussie hours til sunset dial

2013-11-19 Thread J. Tallman
Hello All, I got a link today from a Spectra owner about a really big sundial project near him, and I thought some of you might be interested: http://hourstosunset.com/ Here is a pic that shows the aperture nodus: http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201302055408/arts-and-culture/new-shaun-ta