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Re: Lunars: Three simultaneous observations
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Sep 22, 23:01 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Sep 22, 23:01 -0400
On Sep 22, 2004, at 10:47 PM, Frank Reed wrote: > And if you re-work the lunars from the voyage of the Endeavour using > modern almanac data, it is remarkable how accurate they were. > > Frank R > [ ] Mystic, Connecticut > [X] Chicago, Illinois Frank, Please supply some numbers and details! Less than 1' of arc? Less than 20"? Were these shore-based lunars? Did they use a sextant stand? Thanks, Fred
