This is a low-quality digital photograph that I took of the Gallivan Center Sundial last night shortly after the near full Moon transit. The Moon is currently near its most southernly declination. http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/observed/ALSSundial/img/pix... The full Moon hovering next to the illuminated red rock "asteriod" of the sundial made for a nice photographic juxtaposition. I bring it up here only because someone with better equipment and experience may want to try a similar photo. A photo that I was unable to take with my cheap camera was the full Moon directly behind the floating sundial rock. The sundial rock hides the full Moon but the Moonlight surrounds the rock with a glow. During the summer, the Moon mimics the altitude of the Sun at the winter solstice. At such times, a sundial acts as a moon dial for telling time. The bright light of the near full Moon projected a shaft of light through the gnomon's slit and onto one of the dial plates of the sundial. It was easily readible even through the substantial artificial lighting in this urban plaza. http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/observed/ALSSundial/img/pix... - Canopus56 (P.S. - Without a good monitor, much of the detail in these pictures is hidden.) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com