Sundial 993
- Dial City: Cincinnati
- Dial State/Province: Ohio
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 39° 08.317' N
- Dial Nr: 993
- Dial Type: Analemmatic Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 84° 25.350' W
- Dial Owner: Cincinnati University
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 2006
- Location:
- The sundial is located at the entrance to Cincinnati University Observatory located at 3489 Observatory Pl, Cincinnati, OH 45206
- Description:
- This analemmatic sundial is laid out in brick. The walkway consists of an inlaid brass analemma surrounded by month indicators for where to stand etched in brick. The analemmatic ellipse is brass, etched with time marks every 15 minutes. Just to the inside and outside of the ellipse are the hours in standard and daylight savings time. Brass indicators are inlaid for the Bailey Points to show the of time and direction of sunrise and sunset. At the edge of the circular brick plaza are granite markers of the cardinal points.
- Inscription:
- "In memory of Astronomer Paul Nohr, Astronomer" "Observatory Astronomer 1979 to 2006" "Astronomer, teacher, friend, restorer of the Observatory's telescopes and a motivator in preserving the Observatory" And on the plaque as well "Instructions for the Sundial Memorial" And at the bottom, lat/lon
Last Update:
2019-09-20 19:11:31