What's New Under The Sun

Tuesday, 17 December 2024 23:47

In November 2024, a team consisting of members from SPL, TTDG and CMD of VSSC successfully designed and installed an accurate and fully functional sundial at the Rocket Garden of VSSC Space Museum, Thumba (8.53°N, 76.86°E). Following a space theme, the vertical gnomon is a 3-stage rocket that casts its daily and seasonal shadow on a dial face 1 1/2 meters by 1 meter.  The the sundial face...

Saturday, 16 November 2024 00:07

Esteban Martínez Almirón has published a new book Historical Sundials: Forgotten Andalusian Treasures (Relojes de Sol Históricos Tesoros Andaluces Olvidados) In it he reviews over 400 sundials from the Andalucian region of southern Spain Originally to celebrate the 25th year of the website https://relojandalusi.org/ Esteban Martínez Almirón began showing his sundial drawings on the site....

Wednesday, 13 November 2024 19:36

It isn't often that a sundial face is created before the gnomon is attached.  In Shelbyville IN a large, circular art piece in the form of a sundial, was created at the Blue River Trailhead early in 2024.  If they had chosen an analemmatic sundial, a walker of the trail could have simply stood on the appropriate date and used his or her own shadow to tell the local solar time. ...

Monday, 04 November 2024 18:38

The Sun Tower's shadow marks the passing of the seasons credit Jonathan Leijonhufvud For two years News Atlas (https://newatlas.com/architecture/) has reported on the progress of the construction of the Sun Tower in Yantai, China.  The 164-foot (50m) curved conical tower was designed by OPEN Architecture symbolized the watch towers of the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644 CE)...

Monday, 04 November 2024 17:30

NASS Registered Sundial #1109 at https://sundials.org/index.php/sundial-registry/onedial/1109 is one of a series of bronze sundials presented by Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, dedicated to the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic. Unfortunately the dial in Hamilton, Ohio, suffers from neglect and the gnomon has long been missing. With support, this dial has been designated...

Thursday, 10 October 2024 17:56

Photo of the Canadian $20 Silver Coin with the reverse as a Sundial.  Photo courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint.  Sundial design by Anna Bucciarelli. The Canadian Royal Mint will release a fully functioning sundial coin expected to ship on 12 December, 2024.  The obverse is a profile of His Majesty, Charles III (designed by Steve Rosati) and the reverse is a...

Monday, 07 October 2024 03:03

Once again NASS presents Elements of Dialing, a twelve week course covering the basics of sundials, led by Steve Lelievre. The course covers basic principles of how sundials work, calculations involved in designing sundials, types of time (systems of time measurement), and some of the history of sundials.The course is intended for people who are new to sundialing and who wish to learn some of...

Tuesday, 24 September 2024 16:47

Dario Radley reports in Archaelogical News Online Magazine (Aug 24, 2024) that an ancient observatory from the 6th century BCE was found by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities at Tell El-Fara'in archaeological site. “It highlights the advanced astronomical knowledge of the ancient Egyptians, including their ability to determine the solar calendar and  significant religious and...

Saturday, 22 June 2024 19:38

Off Interstate 405 in the hills of Los Angeles is the Getty Research Institute, part of the campus of The Getty Center. The Center houses the free Getty Museum, the Getty Library, Getty Research Institute, Getty Foundation, and Getty Conservation Institute. The Getty Research Institute opened its doors to the public in December of 1997, where besides the thousands of books, art collections,...

Sunday, 24 March 2024 18:30

There are lots of maps showing where to go for the April 8th 2024 total solar eclipse and others showing the statistical chance of clouds such as https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/02/22/april-eclipse-clouds/  From Little Rock Arkansas to the Mazatlan coast there is a high probability of clear weather.  The cities from Indianapolis through Cleveland OH, Rochester and Syracuse...

Sunday, 24 March 2024 01:42

When is a watch not a watch? When it unfolds into an equatorial sundial.  The watch, designed by Yu Ishihara is called a "Watch Exclusively for Sunny Men" and was part of a contest sponsored by Seiko to "help reimagine what a watch can be", aimed at creativity and perhaps for eventual production. Read about it at...

Wednesday, 06 March 2024 00:17

  Dr. Federica Gigante, from Cambridge Univerity's History Faculty, discovered a rare astrolabe sequestered in a museum at Verona, Italy.  Publishing in Nuncius (1 March 2024) Dr. Gigante presents "a hitherto unknown remarkable astrolabe from Al-Andalus which likely belonged to the collection of Ludovico Moscardo (1611–1681) assembled in Verona in the seventeenth century. The...

CompendiumCover Mar2021New Format of The Compendium

In recent years, The Compendium has been a Letter size (8.5” x 11”), 40-page journal with stapled binding.  Beginning with our March 2021 ssue, it has a new format. In print form, The Compendium will be sent as a US Trade size (6” x 9”) paperback book averaging 78-80 (acid-free paper) pages each quarter.  It will have slightly larger print and separation of lines of text. The new page size will also allow the digital edition to be more easily display as a full page (or pair of pages) on most computer screens without scrolling.

The digital edition on disk will be mailed on a CD-R disk if "CD" is selected below. The electronic digital download edition will be available from this website. Notification of the availability of the download version and how to access it will be sent by email.

The digital edition requires a pdf reader or comparable software. Mac users can access the issues (primarily pdf files) but may not be able to use the digital bonus items which are generally made for Windows PC devices.

Membership Rates

Our members outside of North America have paid an additional charge for shipping the print edition. With our new format and printer, The Compendium will actually be printed at different locations around the world, with a general reduction in cost of shipping. As of the biginning of 2021 NASS has moved to a single worldwide membership fee structure. Whether you subscribe to the Print, CD or Download edition, the US Dollar cost of membership will not depend on where you live. And that cost will be the same as North American members currently pay.

Rates 2021

Transition

If you are a member living outside North America and receiving either the print or CD edition, your current subscription will be automatically extended. If your current subscription runs through June 2021, it will be extended for 1 additional issue at no cost. If your current subscription runs through June 2022, it will be extended for 2 additional issues at no cost.

Payment

Payment can be made by check from a US Bank or credit card using PayPal...No need to have a PayPal account.  Because of the world-wide single rate, we have discontinued the option of paying in British Pounds. 

To use PayPal, you will be required to provide Name, Address, and Email.  We also request your approximate latitude and phone number

To use PayPal, go to either

PayPal CreditCard Exampleclick here: 1-year membership 4 issues of the compendium

 or

click here: 2 year membership 8-issues of the compendium

 
If you select 1 or 2 year membership you will be directed to our NASS Shop to select the type of Compendium (download, CD, print or combination) you want.  ADD TO CART and complete the form filling out your name, address, email, latitude and telephone number.  Finish. You will get a PAYPAL screen ... make sure that you use the Pay with a credit or Visa Debit Card.

For subscription downloads, you will receive an email providing instructions for downloading The Compendium.

If you chose not to use PayPal, download the attached Subscription Form below to pay by check from a US Bank.

 

Wondering what's in The Compendium?  Below we offer several free issues.
Attachments:
Download this file (NASS Subscription Form-2022.pdf)NASS Subscription Form-2022.pdf[ ]362 kB