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Here's the data from three sets of Pollux and near limb taken last Monday
night:

Actual POSITION: 44� 0.'9 N, 123� 4.'1 W.

WATCH: 5 seconds slow on zone time, 7:59:55 fast on GMT.

INDEX: 0.'2 off the arc.

FIRST SET (after junking the first contact). Times are PM, 5 seconds fast on
Z+8. I'll include hours and degrees all the way in the hope it will keep
columns strait.

8:43:08    35� 33.'2
8:44:40    35� 33.'6
8:45:51    35� 33.'6
8:46:37    35� 34.'3
8:47:30    35� 34.'1

8:45:33    35� 33.'8 Average for first set.

SECOND SET:
8:59:25    35 39.6
9:00:32    35 41.3
9:01:43    35 40.8
9;02:51    35 41.3
9:03:32    35 42.9

9:01:37    35� 41.'2 Average for second set.

THIRD SET:
10:06:09    36 11.2
10:07:28    36 11.6
10:09:14    36 11.3
10:10:12    36 12.4
10:11:24    36 14.0

10:08:53    36� 12.'1 Average for third set.

CLEARED DISTANCES:
First set: 35� 24.'4
Second set: 35� 34.'3
Third set: 36� 16.'4

COMPARING DISTANCES:
GMT March 26, '02
04 hours: 34� 56.'4
05 hours: 35� 33.'5
06 hours: 36� 10.'5
07 hours: 36� 47.'5

Fellow lunarians (lunatics?) can ask for any other information they want,
though I may not be able to get back to them as soon as I'd like.

Bruce

   

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