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Re: Graphs of Lunar Distances.
From: John Huth
Date: 2010 Oct 24, 18:38 -0400
From: John Huth
Date: 2010 Oct 24, 18:38 -0400
An arc-minute strikes me as being quite good for a sextant.
The current Jupiter/Moon alignment is great for lunars. I used this for my class. I asked them to measure the Moon-Jupiter distance over successive nights using their hands or a protractor and string. My wife got a bit annoyed with me on Tuesday night as I kept jumping up at different times throughout the night to measure the distance. I wish I'd had my good sextant with me. It's in my other house and the one I have lying around is a WWII vintage standard issue US Navy one it needs a lot of work. I can't touch an arc-minute with that thing.
John H.
