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Re: Key West near-LAN sights
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 Jun 3, 17:29 -0700
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 Jun 3, 17:29 -0700
Thanks, Kermit, for your detailed analysis in:
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=124184
One more thing, I also had plans for a Sun-Moon fix (since the phase was near first quarter) but then I realized that was unworkable:
1) I did not have a sea horizon under the Sun,
2) The two bodies were essentially opposite in azimuth, so their LOP's would have been close to parallel anyway - another "tropical" detail that one does not get to see in higher latitudes.
I am glad I had this opportunity.
Peter Hakel
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=124184
One more thing, I also had plans for a Sun-Moon fix (since the phase was near first quarter) but then I realized that was unworkable:
1) I did not have a sea horizon under the Sun,
2) The two bodies were essentially opposite in azimuth, so their LOP's would have been close to parallel anyway - another "tropical" detail that one does not get to see in higher latitudes.
I am glad I had this opportunity.
Peter Hakel