Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, and the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry.

This cache is located at the Aurora Central Library.
This location's hours are as follows:
Monday: 8-10
Tuesday: 8-10
Wednesday: 8-10
Thursday: 8-10
Friday: 8-8
Saturday: 8-6
Sunday: 10-6

The portal is at the posted coordinates, but you have some work to do before entering.

There are eight stops (including the final) that can be visited in any order that you wish - except the final, obviously. Take good notes and you will be guided to the final. Every stop is focused on the "sun". Some of the less obvious stops were fun to research and make fit into the theme. You can see more suns in the satellite view, and on the buildings as you do this cache. Put on your sunglasses, time for some learning:

Dawn Fountain: a misting fountain. This water feature incorporates imagery that interprets ancient sun symbols while visually twirling the mist up into the sky. There are four symbols around this fountain, how many of them are swirls (image of swirl in gallery if you want to clarify symbol)? This will equal C. Now look at the sun on this fountain. Pretty cool, huh? How many rays are there? This will equal R.

Dawn Ring: Aurora's FIRST public artwork. The organic design frames the sun as it rises, honoring the Roman goddess of the dawn for whom Aurora was named. How many rail spikes (the all metal spikes; not the larger ones with wood insides) are in this artwork? This will equal G.

Growing Son: Trolley Trailer No. XXX was constructed by the Woeber Company for the Denver City Tramway Company in 1913. It likely ran up and down Colfax Avenue from 1914 to 1932. It was found in the home of Edwin Perrott, a local man who bought the trolley in 1950 for $50 and turned it into his bedroom. Perrott's son, William Perrott, donated No. XXX to Aurora after it was discovered. The trolley is the center of the exhibit called "Growing Home". You do not need to enter the museum to see this trolley (but you are welcome to: FREE admission). You will be able to answer this from the coordinates if they are closed. What is the Trolley's number? This will equal F.

Son: is not the title of this sculpture, but he is a Fallen Officer's son. This statue was too nice to pass up. What is the actual title of this sculpture? The color (actual word, no need to convert to a numeric) from the title will equal B.

Sundial: aka Sun Shell. This working sundial creates a calm and peaceful resting place for visitors. How many horizontal beams create this sundial shell? This will equal H.

Sun King: "Sun King" is a song written primarily by John Lennon. Here you will find a lyric from another one of his great songs. What is the title of the song that is quoted? This will equal A.

Sun Rise: This was inspired by Aurora's City Seal and was made with stainless steel, glass & solar powered LED lights. It is beautiful at night, and the library is open late enough you may be able to see it lit up while doing this cache. There are five horizontal elements (glass or stainless steel) that represent sun rays. How many of them are only stainless steel? This will equal E.

FINAL: To get D, do this simple equation: D=R-H-G-E. Now, use A through H to get the final!
Instructions to find the final are located at: http://sites.google.com/site/ABCDEFGH
Don't forget to substitute the answers you just gathered into the web address
Note: use all lower case letters. Geochecksum for C through H equals 630.

Anaxagoras was, as far as we know, the first one to suggest that the Sun is a star. His ideas were met with disapproval and he was finally imprisoned for impiety, because his ideas did not fit the prejudices of the time. The Anaxagoras' of this cache are: Easton2315 and SAMANTHA1234
(they will not be imprisoned, maybe...)

A HUGE thank you to the staff at this library for letting us use their facilities, and their enthusiasm about geocaching! Thanks to my beta-testers as well, Sissadies and Cryptosporidium-623!

While you are here, you should also check out this amazing adventure too!