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Re: Longitude by Sunset
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 6, 10:06 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 6, 10:06 -0400
Marcel, > In some NavList contributions during February 2010 on "Seeing Moon rising > an setting ?" I questioned whether it would generally be possible to see > the moon actually setting (or rising). The extinction of the atmosphere > close to the horizon was at least during my (few) observations too strong. You probably mean in daytime... How about night? I understand that horizon will be invisible, but the moment of disapearance of the Moon at night should be clearly detectable, ? Alex.