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Sigh...

As someone who practices celestial infrequently and mostly on dry land,
coughing up $20 or so every year for a copy of the Nautical Almanac is a
bit much.  I was hoping this product could be a substitute.

Lu

At 09:21 PM 7/15/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>At 19:37 15/07/01 -0700, Lu Abel wrote:
> >Dan:
> >
> >In viewing the web page, it's not clear whether this almanac just covers
> >the stars or whether it also covers the sun, moon and planets.  Since it
> >sounds as if you've purchased a copy, could you clarify??
>
>Hello Lu.
>
>I can confirm that my "Long Term Almanac 2000 - 2050" does not contain any
>data on the position of the planets or the moon.
>
>This is justifiable because the Long Term Almanac is not meant to stand
>alone as the principal almanac upon which your ability to stay found
>depends (though it is fun to use it in that way).
>
>Rather, it is a back-up almanac that will be stowed away and forgotten
>about until a wave has found some way of getting inside your navigation
>computer rather than going around it. Or you head out to sea early one
>spring and do a series of sightings to check your position - You reach for
>your Nautical Almanac, only to remember that it is on the front right hand
>corner of your desk at home and that the only other Nautical Almanac you
>have on board is six years out of date!
>
>Good planning should, of course, prevent problems like this occurring. But,
>we live in the real world and it is good to have something to bail you out
>of trouble if a gale-force blast of reality hits at an inconvenient moment.
>
>Yours aye,
>
>Geoffrey Kolbe
>
>
>
>Dr Geoffrey Kolbe, author of "Long Term Almanac 2000-2050" for sun and
>selected stars, with concise sight reduction tables.
>Available online from www.pisces-press.com

   

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