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sundials

nov 2024
links: github

i would like to build a sundial, specifically a reclining sundial, to put in my yard. i haven’t found a suitable template generator online, so i made a simple script that generates it. it calculates the Sun position in the sky (with suncalc) and projects the gnomon on the plane given its orientation w.r.t. Earth.

here’s the schematic for the sundial i plan to put on my garden wall:

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