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To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: sundial read from moonlight
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:59:36 +0100
Hi Donald
I cannot help you with an article on that specific topic but there is a dial at
Queens’ College Cambridge which has at its bottom a table of corrections
time may still be quite inaccurate! The moon’s
motion is much more complicated than can be described by a few simple integers.
Patrick
From: Donald Christensen
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 1:14 AM
To: f.w.m...@rug.nl
Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: sundial read from moonlight
Sorry
I
time may still be quite inaccurate! The moon’s
motion is much more complicated than can be described by a few simple integers.
Patrick
From: Donald Christensen
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 1:14 AM
To: f.w.m...@rug.nl
Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: sundial read from moonlight
Sorry
I
I heard that a sundial will read the correct time with the shadow on
the moon on a certain day. (full moon?)
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Donald
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Dear Donald,
One can use the moon's shadow as long as it is distinguishable at night,
say, one week either side of full moon. For an example, see:
http://www.fransmaes.nl/genk/welcome-e.htm, choose menu item 7 and
scroll down in the right-hand frame to The moon dial.
Best regards,
Frans Maes
Sorry
I wasn't very clear with my question.
I'd like to know how to read a horizontal sundial in the moonlight. I
wish I could find the artical that I read on it.
I'm going by memory so this is probably wrong but it went something like this:
On a full moon, a horizontal dial reads correct.
For
