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Re: A Lunar
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 May 30, 08:55 -0400
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 May 30, 08:55 -0400
Jim, you wrote: "We used 5 sights and averaged the results. We found that we were within 0.2' of the predicted lunar distance" So your results are about half as accurate as mine. At that level (0.1' versus 0.2') it's certainly not a big deal. You could apply observations with that accuracy to any... ahem... "practical" purpose, but do you have any idea what would make your observations more accurate? What power telescope do you use on your sextant? -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
