Adler Astronomy Live: Sundials

Hello stargazers! Welcome to Adler Astronomy Live: Sundials!

The Adler Planetarium has the best and most comprehensive collection of sundials in North America. Sundials played a central role in shaping people’s sense of time, and show how the latter has been influenced by their culture, politics, religion, labor, society, and geography throughout the ages. Join us for a conversation with Dr. Sara J. Schechner, author of Time of Our Lives: Sundials of the Adler Planetarium, on some of the most spectacular sundials in the Adler’s collections and their stories.

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IN THIS VIDEO
Image Credits: The Adler Planetarium Archives

Diptych Sundial (Object DPW-23) Database Link: http://minisisazure025.eastus.cloudap...[adler_web]collections-search.html#/144/COLLECTIONS_WEB/WEB_DETAIL_COLL/SISN%20494?SESSIONSEARCH

Butterfield Sundial (October N-4) Database Link:
http://minisisazure025.eastus.cloudap...[adler_web]collections-search.html#/144/COLLECTIONS_WEB/WEB_DETAIL_COLL/SISN%201344?SESSIONSEARCH

Cruciform Sundial (Object M-253) Database Link: http://minisisazure025.eastus.cloudap...[adler_web]collections-search.html#/144/COLLECTIONS_WEB/WEB_DETAIL_COLL/SISN%20901?SESSIONSEARCH

Qibla indicator (Object W-152) Database Link: http://minisisazure025.eastus.cloudap...[adler_web]collections-search.html#/144/COLLECTIONS_WEB/WEB_DETAIL_COLL/SISN%201525?SESSIONSEARCH

Cube Sundial (Object M-325) Database Link: http://minisisazure025.eastus.cloudap...[adler_web]collections-search.html#/144/COLLECTIONS_WEB/WEB_DETAIL_COLL/SISN%20981?SESSIONSEARCH

How A Cube Sundial Works Animation by the Adler Planetarium

Wood Polyhedral Sundial (Object A-400) Database Link:
http://minisisazure025.eastus.cloudap...[adler_web]collections-search.html#/144/COLLECTIONS_WEB/WEB_DETAIL_COLL/SISN%20384?SESSIONSEARCH

Metal Polyhedral Sundial (Object M-324) Database Link:
http://minisisazure025.eastus.cloudap...[adler_web]collections-search.html#/144/COLLECTIONS_WEB/WEB_DETAIL_COLL/SISN%20980?SESSIONSEARCH

Cannon Sundial (Object W-104) Database Link:
http://minisisazure025.eastus.cloudap...[adler_web]collections-search.html#/32/2/1/772?RECORD&UNION=Y

‘Man Enters The Cosmos’ Sundial Sculpture by Henry Moore

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