
Artists Rein Maantoa and Bruno Kadak made the sundial for the 50th anniversary of the observatory building in Tõravere. The weight of the sundial is 700 kg and its height is 112 cm. Bronze dial is placed on the column, which is made of concrete. The sundial itself is designed and installed by the specialists of the observatory. Equatorial sundial's plate is parallel to the equatorial plane and the polar-pointing gnomon is perpendicular to it.
The dial's reading at 12:42 (2008-06-01).
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