The EarthDial Project • FCPS/NOVAC EarthDial Team

Final installation and set-up, Thursday, 29 January 2004. First images of FCPS/NOVAC EarthDial successfully webcast beginning approximately 1:00 p.m. EST on January 29th. Teamwork works!

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Shown left-to-right, John Avellone (NOVAC)
and Gary Purinton (FCPS).

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Wide-angle view, TJHSST Planetarium
observation deck. Concrete blocks (shown left)
used to provide a raised platform for the sundial
and shelter for the webcam's power transformer.

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Gary (left) and John (right).

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Note small spirit level (left-center) used
to verify that the dial plate is horizontal,
hence the name, "horizontal sundial."

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An "EarthDial's eye view" of the little eye
in the sky! Note cirroform clouds overhead.

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In-situ, FCPS/NOVAC EarthDial Webcam.
Facing west-northwest.

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Shortly after 12 noon Local Apparent Time
(LAT). Solar Time must be corrected for
Standard Time.

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What time of day is it? What time of year?
See How to Read the FCPS/NOVAC EarthDial for
instructions.

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FCPS Planetarium Teachers Walter Sanford,
Lee Ann Hennig, and Gary Purinton (shown
left-to-right).

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Walter, Gary, and John (left-to-right).

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It's a done dial, so it's...

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...time to begin webcasting!

© Copyright 2004-2008 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved.

Photographs courtesy Lee Ann Hennig, Planetarium Teacher, TJHSST,
and John Avellone, former member Board of Trustees, NOVAC.
Thumbnail images prepared using photoweb v3.0
by Phil Wherry & Eric Johnston.


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