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Re: Lunars calculator
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 2, 05:08 EST
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 2, 05:08 EST
[sorry for sending this twice. I inadvertently left the subject blank the
first time.]
Bill, you wrote:
"Trying my hand at Lunars. In the results on the Frank/Centennia
Software's
calculation screen, there is an angle given above "Corrected for
oblateness." I am unable to correlate that angle to anything I am aware of
at this point in my journey."
calculation screen, there is an angle given above "Corrected for
oblateness." I am unable to correlate that angle to anything I am aware of
at this point in my journey."
How did it go?
The unmarked angle you've noticed was there for debugging purposes at one
point. I decided to leave it in and unmarked just for fun --a little mystery for
the users. It's nothing important, but would you like to try
guessing? I'll give you a hint: it's an angle that you need to calculate
(well actually, only it's cosine) as an intermediate number in direct triangle
solutions for clearing lunars.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
