Analemmatic Sundial, Lake Wales, Florida, USA.
N 27° 56.309 W 081° 34.613
17R E 443246 N 3090521
Analemmatic sundial which is a type of horizontal sundial in which the shadow-casting object can be a person,. Somtimes called a Human Sundial.
Waymark Code: WMD8YY
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2011
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This Analemmatic sundial is located in the Endangered Plant Garden in
Bok Tower Gardens an American, National Historic Landmark
The Coordinates of this Sundail are marked on a plaque set into the ground at the centre of the wheel shaped footpaths. N 27°56'19"
and W 81°34'36"
With any sundial you need the Latitude of your location, to work out the declination of the Sun, So for reference purposes, The Coordinates are sometimes inscribed on or near large unique permanent sundails.
The person has to step on the relevant month, marked on the ground to correct for the tilt on the Earths axsis. Depending on the direction and declination of the sun on a given day, the time is read from the dial by noting where the shadow cast by the vertical post or person crosses hour points laid out in an ellipse on the ground.
This makes it very different from the traditional sundial like we can see on the front of the Bok Tower, where the Suns shadow is cast by a triangular shaped wedge.
Sundial Type: Analemmatic - Vertical gnomon with elliptical dial
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Visit Instructions:
Only one log per location per person. You should log your own waymarked sundials as well.
GPS in photo optional.