A little science fun
14 years ago
General
The place I worked at today has unique little feature. The back door faces mostly west to the setting sun. A few hours before the sun sets its light projects through the doors peep hole and puts a a round rainbow on a door. As the sun get lower the circle creeps up the door.
Today work was slow, so I taped up some paper up and tracked the circle as the sun went down. I marked the door roughly every 5 minutes. We now of a crude sundial on on the door. It covers from 3:55 local to 6:20. The trail go for close to 14 inches.
Because of the rainbow effect its kind of accurate. The width from the edge of red to the end of blue is just shy of the amount it moves in 5 minutes. So if red cross the mark its +1 minute, orange +2 minutes, etc. So for one, maybe two days its going to be accurate to the minute or so.
Since we now know the path I am going to try to make a better version. :)
Edit:
Here is an image of that suns Trail and the rainbow circle that i am following.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6631599/
Today work was slow, so I taped up some paper up and tracked the circle as the sun went down. I marked the door roughly every 5 minutes. We now of a crude sundial on on the door. It covers from 3:55 local to 6:20. The trail go for close to 14 inches.
Because of the rainbow effect its kind of accurate. The width from the edge of red to the end of blue is just shy of the amount it moves in 5 minutes. So if red cross the mark its +1 minute, orange +2 minutes, etc. So for one, maybe two days its going to be accurate to the minute or so.
Since we now know the path I am going to try to make a better version. :)
Edit:
Here is an image of that suns Trail and the rainbow circle that i am following.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6631599/
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If its clear today I'm going to try and make the markings a little presentable that way I might be able to keep things up. I'll get a picture up if I do. Right now normally I work at this location once per week for now.
Thank for the comment.
I should have said it's about 4 minutes for each degree of motion across our sky. So, you're measurement's correct.
We had a bit do today so not much went towards starring at the door. I'll have to poke around the net to see what style of of sundial this is and if I have enough information to generate a large chart that could be used.
If I can find it, I'll pass it on to you.