Oro Valley  

Sundial: 871
State/Province:  Arizona Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Analemmatic Dial Condition:  Excellent
  Latitude and Longitude: 32° 26.533' N  110° 58.900' W
Location:
  • At Innovation Academy, K-5 STEM School, 825 W. Desert Fairways Drive, Oro Valley AZ.

    At center of the school's south basketball court just west of the Hohokam Park Tennis Courts.

    Obtain permission from the principal to view dial.
    https://www.amphi.com/innovationacademy
 
Description:
  • This analemmatic sundial is painted on concrete. It is similar to John Carmichael's human sundial at Flandrau Planetarium at the University of Arizona. The orange background was painted by hand with acrylic paint on top of the blue acrylic court surface. Lettering and other markings were painted with Rustoleum spray enamel using stencils from Stencilease.com. Final touch up painting was done by hand. It took a three man team ten days to paint. It's quarter hour time marks are longitude corrected and shows Standard Time when readings are adjusted using the Equation of Time. It includes a central Date Line for standing, using monthly and weekly marks. There is a Solar Noon mark, and Bailey Points to indicate the direction of sunrise and sunset.
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: Amphitheater Public Schools- Innovation Academy
  • N, S, E, and W cardinal points
    Sunrise Mark, Sunset Mark
    Human Sundial
  • Designer: John L. Carmichael
  • Builder: Team from Sundial Sculptures; Rich Watson & Riley Duffy
  • Construction Date: May 2017
 
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Last Revised: 2017-06-14 16:35