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Re: Index Error
From: Marty
Date: 2004 May 5, 11:23 +0100
From: Marty
Date: 2004 May 5, 11:23 +0100
I never heard of subtracting the index error from
the measurement you performed. Always thought the average of the on- and
off-the-arc readings was enough; after all, it's a relative measurement and it
doesn't matter what you use for 0. Just for the record, the difference I
got from the SD is almost 0.3'. (Embarrassingly it is 0 if I do subtract
the IE first like you said :)
Martin
