Virtual Sundials and Google SketchUp | [BACK] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dietzenbach, Hesse
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Germany
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Latitude
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Longitude
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50 deg. 01 min. N
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8 deg 47 min. E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Type of Sundial
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Declination
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Inclination
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Horizontal |
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-
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Date
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Civil Time
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Standard Time Zone
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Day
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Year
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Month | UTC | SummerTime |
Hours
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Mins. | |||||||||||||||||
21
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6 | 2006 | +1 hr | +2 hr |
16:
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00 hr | |||||||||||||||
Commentary
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Cordt Machen from Dietzenbach in Germany designed a modified "Earthdial", using Shadows 2.2. I made a virtual dial model in SketchUp for him, to check the shadow's gnomon at the Summer Solstice. Herr Machens is now going to make the real thing for his garden !. | |||||||||||||||||||||
If you have Windows Media Player or Quicktime, click to download a video clip of the sundial model and its shadows | |||||||||||||||||||||
vs-dietzenbach.avi
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If you have Google SketchUp, click to download the sundial model |
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vs-dietzenbach.skp
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and see how you can manipulate the model and see the effect of changing day and time. | |||||||||||||||||||||