Good point!
31*48'06.18" N 97*18'30.15" W
431' ASL
No restrictions other than trees East and West - lots of trees, but fairly open
to the South and North.
----- Original Message ----
From: Chris Lusby Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Lloyd Tackitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 4:23:23 PM
Subject: Re: Ideas Sought
Hello Lloyd,
I'm sure there are many on this mailing list who will offer ideas for your
exciting project. Orienting the walls due north/south etc would probably make
the sundial design easiest. 22.5 degrees to that would, perhaps, be more
interesting. Can you please help us by telling us the latitude of the house.
The sundial geometry is greatly affected by latitude, as I'm sure you can
appreciate.
Also, do you have an unobstructed view of the sky in the directions in which
the sun rises and sets, or are there hills / buildings / whatever in the way?
Best wishes
Chris Lusby Taylor
51.4N 1.3W
----- Original Message -----
From: Lloyd Tackitt
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: Ideas Sought
Hello!
I am in the early planning stages of building an Octagon house. The house will
have a central fireplace. I have no building restrcitions and can orient the
house any way I choose - I do have a great river view directly to the South
that will be the main focus of the house.
In designing this house it occurred to me that it would be interesting to align
the house with the 8 points of the compass, and then it occurred to me that
there are many things that I could do with this, if I but had the knowledge.
Such as, design the house as a live in sunddial, or astronomical calendar with
shadow line(s) falling on solstices marked on the central fireplace, equinoxes,
eclipses, what have you.
However, I am ignorant on the subjects above and am seeking ideas to
incorporate into the design. I am about a year from starting construction, so
now is the time to plan this out.
Any and all suggestions are welcomed!
Thank you
Lloyd
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