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Re: A Lunar alternative?
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2003 Oct 2, 10:37 -0700
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2003 Oct 2, 10:37 -0700
On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 01:54 AM, George Huxtable wrote: > George Huxtable replies- > > Peter has reintroduced an old friend to this list, who pops up at > regular > intervals. This is a great example of a topic which we should put into a Frequent Asked Questions (FAQ) document for this newsgroup. I envision a document with these questions answered: 1) I am new to celestial navigation; how should I learn? which sextant should I buy? 2) Why do celestial navigation? The GPS makes it all obsolete, doesn't it? 3) What are the pros and cons of different methods of reducing a sight? What about H.O. 211? H.O. 229? H.O. 249? 4) I want to make my own solar almanac. How do I do this? What about DE400 from JPL? 5) What portable electronic almanac is the best? Should I use an HP-48? a Palm Pilot? the TI-StarCalc? 6) How accurate can I get with a sextant? etc... Dan
