SUNRISE PROJECT by Massimo Bubani

Mission

massimo_bubani — 2016-05-08 16:50:41 UTC

The project intends to be a school collaborative project by which the schools can learn more about the Sun's apparent movement and about photography using a pinhole camera. Though the technique is in theory quite simple, pinhole camera's are very didactical, as they allow students to learn about photography theory and practice and might allow students to obtain very beautiful images.
This project is coordinated by Sakari Ekko (sakari.ekko(at)gmail.com), a long time member of the EAAE.

About Sunrise project

massimo_bubani — 2016-05-08 16:52:24 UTC

The Sun's path has a different course every day. This course depends on the latitude of the location.
Nontheless there are certain regularities that can be seen:
During the summer the Sun path is higher than in winter.
The Sun path slope in the sunrise area (or in the sunset area) is the colatitude of the location.
The Sun does not rise in the East cardinal point everyday.
At equinoxes, the Sun rises due east and sets due west all over the world.
All these aspects can be observed by means of the project that we here propose. Students are intended to build themselves a simple devise (pinhole camera) in order to catch the paths of the rising or setting Sun.
Sun paths in Turku, Finland in January (lowest arch) – April (highest arc), photographed with two curved-back pinhole cameras around the 20th of every month. This project, we will photograph only the left hand (sunrise) part of the March (vernal Equinox) curve. Credit: Sakari Ekko.

Materials

massimo_bubani — 2016-05-08 16:54:34 UTC

Sunrise Project
Credit: Sakari Ekko

Materials

massimo_bubani — 2016-05-08 16:55:54 UTC

Pratical Instructionals
Credit: Sakari Ekko

Le nostre immagini

massimo_bubani — 2016-05-08 17:02:16 UTC

SITO Vigasio (Vr)
LATITUDINE 45°19'
LONGITUDINE 10°56'
DATA 21 marzo 2016

Le nostre immagini

massimo_bubani — 2016-05-08 17:05:06 UTC

SITO Belfiore (Vr)
LATITUDINE 45°22'
LONGITUDINE 11°12'
DATA 21 marzo 2016

Il progetto

massimo_bubani — 2016-05-08 17:07:38 UTC

Anche quest’anno la scuola media di Belfiore partecipa al progetto SUNRISE PROJECT in collaborazione con EAAE (European Association for Astronomy Education). L’attività consiste nel fotografare, con una speciale cat autocostruita, il tragitto del Sole nel cielo nella settimana dell’equinozio di primavera. Dall’analisi di questo percorso celeste è possibile determinare la latitudine del luogo. Le immagini, provenienti dalle scuole internazionali che partecipano al progetto coordinato da EAAE, vengono poi raccolte sul sito dell’associazione europea.