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Long lost lunars
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2003 Dec 3, 16:32 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2003 Dec 3, 16:32 EST
I did about a hundred land-based lunar distance sights during the past twelve months (actually 400 individual lunars) and with a very good sextant I was able to get my longitude to within +/-9 minutes reliably or equivalently an error of about +/-0.3 minutes in the lunar itself. If anyone is interested, I can describe some of my lunar adventures for the list. Oh, and I usually reduce my sights on my cell phone --which is painfully ironic since the cell phone has built-in GPS.
Frank E. Reed
75% Mystic, Connecticut
25% Chicago, Illinois
HistoricalAtlas.com
Frank E. Reed
75% Mystic, Connecticut
25% Chicago, Illinois
HistoricalAtlas.com