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Re: Longitude by Sunset
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 6, 20:32 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 6, 20:32 -0400
Marcel, > No, these observations were not related with clouds, at least not where the > moon was. I say this because I observed it with great attention. The moon > was first clearly visible. A cloud would have suddenly or unevenly changed > its brightness. This was not the case. It just got slowly fainter and > fainter. How do you explain this? People say that even Venus rise/set can be observed! I also do not understand at all how parallax can be responsible. Alex.