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Re: Index error check Question
From: Bill Murdoch
Date: 1998 Dec 12, 16:47 EST
From: Bill Murdoch
Date: 1998 Dec 12, 16:47 EST
In a message dated 12/12/98 2:01:27 PM EST, rick@XXX.XXX writes: << The question, then, is where is the extra 1.5' or 2.0' coming from and why does it vary from one instrument to the other? >> Are you perhaps watching the semidiameter of the sun changing ? For instance on August 25 the Nautical Almanac lists the sun's semidiameter as 15.8' and today, December 12, it lists the semidiameter as 16.3'. Were both observations taken on the same day ? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=
