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Re: Lunar Distance Hs and Prism Level.
From: Greg R_
Date: 2007 Sep 19, 14:38 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2007 Sep 19, 14:38 -0700
--- Peter Foggwrote: > I've always wondered why the 'H' indicates altitude. Frank, do you > know why the abbreviation for this French word has come to be used? I always thought that the 'H' stood for 'height', though it's been long enough that I can't come up with a definitive reference for that. -- GregR > Fank wrote: > > > To translate, for those new to the topic, using Hs means a raw > measured > > altitude and Hc means a computed altitude (H for hauteur -French > for > > altitude, s for sextant, c for computed). > > > I've always wondered why the 'H' indicates altitude. Frank, do you > know why > the abbreviation for this French word has come to be used? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---