SETI bioastro: FW: [HASTRO-L] Anaphoric Star Disk

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2008 - 08:57:08 PDT

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    >From: "James E. Morrison" <janus.astrolabe_at_VERIZON.NET>
    >Reply-To: History of Astronomy Discussion Group <HASTRO-L_at_listserv.wvu.edu>
    >To: HASTRO-L_at_listserv.wvu.edu
    >Subject: [HASTRO-L] Anaphoric Star Disk
    >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:46:05 -0500
    >
    >This may be a duplicate posting. Apologies if it is.
    >
    >Subscribers to this list may be interested in a monumental interactive
    >sculpture based on the anaphoric clock that was recently installed in a
    >city park in central Kansas City, MO USA. It is not a clock as it does
    >not run by itself. Instead, park vistors align the date and time. Once
    >set, it shows the sky's configuration for that instant. Included are 457
    >illuminated stars in 50 constellations with asterisms and etched figures
    >associated with the constellations. At 10 feet (3 m.) diameter, it is
    >likely the largest device of this type ever made.
    >
    >It is described at:
    >
    >astrolabes.org/anaphoric.htm
    >
    >Best regards,
    >
    >Jim
    >
    >
    >
    >James E. Morrison
    >janus.astrolabe_at_verizon.net
    >Astrolabe web site at astrolabes.org

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