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    Re: Diego Garcia Lunar
    From: Antoine Couëtte
    Date: 2010 Dec 13, 11:44 -0800


    Re [NavList] Diego Garcia Lunar # 14832, dtd Dec 13, 2010


    Dear Jeremy,


    How nice to read about your last Lunar in Diego Garcia !

    1 - If we assume that both your position and your Observation UT are fully known, then your Sextant value should have read 76°57'6, while you reported it to be 76°56'8, which makes a difference of 0.8' (more accurately for the "extra no significance whatsoever digits addicts" I find 48.8 arc seconds, while Frank's On Line Computer indicates 49.4"), and

    2 - If we assume that both your position and your Observed Sextant values are correct, then your UT would have been 14h41m16.5s , (or LT = 8h41m16.5s), which translates into a difference of 2m29.5s (+6h) between UT and Watch.


    Thank you very much again for your on-going contributions to NavList, and

    try avoiding the sharks in the blue lagoon (BTW do you know the most splendid Mayotte Island lagoon ?)


    Best Regards


    Antoine


    Antoine M. "Kermit" Couëtte
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