Pictures of Elgin Elementary School
These pictures are of the Elgin Elementary School, which is about
a half mile due south of the Winer Observatory. The Observatory's
Director, Mark Trueblood, has volunteered his time to give talks
and demonstrations at the school beginning in 1995 as part of the
Project ASTRO program, administered locally by the National
Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson. The figure "8" painted on
the sidewalk in front of the school is part of a sundial painted by
the fourth grade students of Lori Barille in 1997. A person standing
on the analemma (figure 8) acts as the gnomon, or part of the
sundial that casts the shadow from the Sun that tells time. The size
and orientation of the layout was computed by Dave Harvey of Comsoft
and donated to the school.
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Elgin Elementary School Front Sign |
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View of the School |
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Sundial Painted by Lori Barile's 4th Grade Class |
Last modified: January 1, 2008.