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!
 1/2-size | full-size | info Shown left-to-right, John Avellone (NOVAC) and Gary
Purinton (FCPS). |
 1/2-size | full-size | info 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." |
 1/2-size | full-size | info 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. |
 1/2-size | full-size | info Shortly after 12 noon Local
Apparent Time (LAT). Solar
Time must be corrected for Standard
Time. |
 1/2-size | full-size | info What time of day is it? What time of year? See How to Read the FCPS/NOVAC
EarthDial for instructions. |
 1/2-size | full-size | info 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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