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From: Antoine Couëtte
Date: 2023 Feb 6, 08:46 -0800
Frank,
Only this afternoon did I take time to research the exact building ID and position. You actually gave it yourself. Own result Latitude actually off by 1°, like in Norway a couple of months back.
And I discovered that you used the picture available on the net this time.
It is often quite difficult to recognize and easily identity stars on such a picture, if not on many pictures because in the real world they show up quite differently, to my eyes at least. Nonetheless Capella and her 3 kids were an immediate pick-up and the rest was straightforward and easy.
Like for the previous Norway example my scaling factor error probably accounts for most of the end result inaccuracy.
2 regrets though : the building was put down, and this huge light pollution, even though it might be many fold amplified by the picture !
Thanks for the quizz,
Antoine
