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Re: Longitude at noon
From: Bill B
Date: 2020 Sep 9, 19:11 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2020 Sep 9, 19:11 -0400
On 9/8/2020 8:00 PM, Greg Rudzinski wrote: > The sun hangs for about 4 minutes around culmination. Always happy to read your continued contributions/enthusiasm for, and novel approaches to traditional navigation. IMHO the 4 minute sextant-observable "hang" time and observation window is dependent on the observer's latitude and the sun's declination. I doubt I have the skill sets or patience to determine usable longitude above 60N mid June. Comedian Steven Wright joked he was in Alaska for the 4th of July and they had to shoot off the fireworks indoors. I am skeptical about Wright's claim that he wasted the summer trying to take close-up pictures of the horizon. If you have a waterproof camera, it's a no brainer ;-)
