John J. McCarthy Observatory Kathleen Fischer Sundial - New Milford, CT
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N 41° 31.543 W 073° 25.565
18T E 631313 N 4598314
The Kathleen Fischer Sundial was dedicated on June 9th, 2012 in memory of Kathleen Fischer, 6th grade science teacher who was an inspiration founding the observatory and the planetarium.
Waymark Code: WM16XG9
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2022
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The Fischer Sundial is a stainless steel equatorial sundial. It is 9 feet tall, and the time band arms are 5 feet in diameter. Integrated into the gnomon is a true size bronze and brass replica of Galileo’s first telescope. The time band is adjustable to be able to tell both clock time and solar time and both Eastern Standard and Eastern Daylight time are inscribed in the band. It rests on a 55 inch one-ton granite disc, and the disc is surrounded by a multicolored polished granite compass rose.
The sundial was carefully designed to incorporate only geometric curves, including catenary curves, hyperbolic and elliptical curves, and arcs of circles. The sundial was carefully constructed to our latitude of 41.5 degrees, and the time band is precisely etched for clock time accuracy to +/- 5 seconds.
The original design concept incorporating Galileo’s telescope was done by a local artist. Many observatory volunteers worked on the detailed design. Local metal sculptor Ryan Blessey fabricated this complex sculpture.
Sundial Type: Equatorial - plate in plane of equator
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