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Re: Angular Distance Between Stars By Camera and Sextant
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2012 Sep 18, 20:09 +0200
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Andrés Ruiz
Navigational Algorithms
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From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2012 Sep 18, 20:09 +0200
Star-to-star distances is a simplified case of Lunars. One has two methods to take into account the refraction correction, (parallax is negligible), and altitudes must be necessary:
- Measure the altitudes
- Calculate the altitudes
Of course you can suppose the height of eye is zero.
Andrés Ruiz
Navigational Algorithms
http://sites.google.com/site/navigationalalgorithms/