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    Re: Lunar distances - short clearance methods
    From: Frank Reed CT
    Date: 2004 Sep 26, 02:19 EDT
    A couple of weeks ago, regarding the quadratic correction in series solutions of lunars, I wrote:
    "The quadratic correction was small enough and simple enough that it did
    not seem to generate much variation in method. But Bowditch did change things
    a little bit in later years. Instead of using the double look-up procedure
    that you're familiar with from Norie's table XXXV, Bowditch printed tables that
    simply listed all possible values for each minute of the Moon's HP. To avoid
    dealing with negative numbers, he added 18 arcseconds to all these values and
    subtracted 18 arcseconds from the Moon's correction table. "

    Correction: there is only one table in Bowditch for the quadratic correction. It's calculated for a mean value of the Moon's HP, namely 57'30". This can lead to small errors, as Bowditch notes in a footnote.

    Frank R
    [ ] Mystic, Connecticut
    [X] Chicago, Illinois

       
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