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Re: Lunars: 10/27/2013
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 Oct 28, 18:38 -0700
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 Oct 28, 18:38 -0700
Sean, I took the Ha data, computed Ho’s from your position and recorded UT, and got: Cleared LD: 82° 55.2’ UT: 15:13:13 for the second observation. Very nice! Peter Hakel -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 10/28/13, Sean Cwrote: Subject: [NavList] Re: Lunars: 10/27/2013 To: pmh099@yahoo.com Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 8:44 AM Dave,I didn't record altitudes for the bodies, but Frank's calculator gives:Moon Ha: 33° 56.2' GHA: 132° 03.1' Dec.: 12° 15.5' HP: 54.57' Corr.: -0° 43.9'Sun Ha: 35° 06.1' GHA: 52° 23.7' Dec.: -12° 58.4' HP: 0.15' Corr.: 0° 01.2'True LD: 82° 55.0'Cleared LD: 82° 54.8'Error in Lunar: -0.2' Approximate Error in Longitude: 0° 05.5'Rodger's "Teacup" program gives the time based on the second observation as: 15:13:27 UT. So, an error of about 2 seconds! :)Regards, Sean C. ---------------------------------------------------------------- NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList Members may optionally receive posts by email. To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- View and reply to this message: http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=125394