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Home made level vial observation results
From: Randall Morrow
Date: 2012 Feb 10, 07:35 -0800
Assumed position: 35*19.5 N 119*05.5 W Date: 2/09/12
Instrument: Davis Mark 15
Body Time Hs IC Ho Hc(USNO) Intercept
Venus 19-50-54 23*21.8' +6.4' 11*39.5 11*38.8 1.0T
Jupiter 19-52-27 83*2306 " 41*43.9 41*44.6 0.7A
Rigel 19-54-33 92*53.0 " 46*18.2 46*29.0 10.8A
Sirius 19-56-19 67*53.2 " 33*58.4 33*59.2 0.8A
Procyon 19-58-27 91*55.2 " 32*37.1 32*38.0 0.3A
Dubhe 20-00-13 65*15.2 " 32*37.1 32*38.0 0.9A
Alpheratz 20-07-18 47*38.2 " 23*50.1 23*48.7 1.4T
My first level was not sensitive enough, the second too much so. The third produced the results above. The brass end caps I used were salvaged from the second level by chipping out the epoxied glass residue. It was made with the jig I have previously described.
Randall F Morrow PT
Kern County - Bakersfield
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From: Randall Morrow
Date: 2012 Feb 10, 07:35 -0800
Assumed position: 35*19.5 N 119*05.5 W Date: 2/09/12
Instrument: Davis Mark 15
Body Time Hs IC Ho Hc(USNO) Intercept
Venus 19-50-54 23*21.8' +6.4' 11*39.5 11*38.8 1.0T
Jupiter 19-52-27 83*2306 " 41*43.9 41*44.6 0.7A
Rigel 19-54-33 92*53.0 " 46*18.2 46*29.0 10.8A
Sirius 19-56-19 67*53.2 " 33*58.4 33*59.2 0.8A
Procyon 19-58-27 91*55.2 " 32*37.1 32*38.0 0.3A
Dubhe 20-00-13 65*15.2 " 32*37.1 32*38.0 0.9A
Alpheratz 20-07-18 47*38.2 " 23*50.1 23*48.7 1.4T
My first level was not sensitive enough, the second too much so. The third produced the results above. The brass end caps I used were salvaged from the second level by chipping out the epoxied glass residue. It was made with the jig I have previously described.
Randall F Morrow PT
Kern County - Bakersfield
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