Sundial 278
- Dial City: Honolulu
- Dial State/Province: Hawaii
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 21° 18.433' N
- Dial Nr: 278
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 157° 48.633' W
- Dial Owner: University of Hawaii
- Dial Designer: Ginnosuke Ohara
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: Dedicated 1979
- Location:
- In the courtyard of the Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii Campus, 2680 Woodlawn Dr.
- Description:
- The dial is a raised horizontal circle 18 inches in diameter. The nearly inch-wide brass gnomon supports a raised relief globe, with the Hawaiian Islands uppermost to accurately show which part of the world is in sunlight. The dial has hour lines and a ring of 5-minute marks. Hours are numbered from 6 until 18. Cardinal points and magnetic north are indicated. Dial shows some signs of deterioration. Designer Ginnosuke Ohara is a dialist with Japan's Research Institute for Sundials. The dial base is a mushroom design of concrete about 40 inches high and 40 inches in diameter. A time capsule is located in the base, to be opened in 2030.
- Inscription:
- An attached plaque reads: "The first science which primitive people discovered was the movement of the heavenly bodies/ Dialist Ginn. Ohara" A second plaque has the Equation of Time incorporating longitude correction. A third plaque explains the EOT corrections.
- Other References:
- IAPS Listing, May 95
- Star Bulletin, (Honolulu) Jan 22, 1980, p. A2.
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