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Re: Anybody Seen Stella?
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2007 Jan 10, 01:28 EST
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From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2007 Jan 10, 01:28 EST
I wrote:
"If you want to learn more about it, I remember reading somewhere that the
latest edition of "Dutton" has some instruction on clearing sights with
STELLA."
Oops. You mentioned that in your original post, too!
Meanwhile, I found an earlier thread on the list that discussed this
software. It starts on December 6, 2002. You can follow the thread here:
under "accuracy of automatic celestial navigation".
One particularly interesting comment from later in the thread for
those interested in this tool:
"The algorithms used in STELLA have been published. The author is
George Kaplan
former head of the Astronomical Applications Department at USNO. I have the
full set available (have to dig them out). The USNO will provide reprints of
the papers that aren't available on the web. It's pretty neat stuff. The
algorithms take the motion of the vessel into account and can provide very
high (30m) accuracy."
former head of the Astronomical Applications Department at USNO. I have the
full set available (have to dig them out). The USNO will provide reprints of
the papers that aren't available on the web. It's pretty neat stuff. The
algorithms take the motion of the vessel into account and can provide very
high (30m) accuracy."
There are more comments in June 2003 starting here:
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42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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