As long as we are talking about "v" corrections, nobody ever mentions the "v" correction for the sun. The Nautical Almanac states that it fudges the tabulated GHA of the sun to minimize the effect caused by not providing a "v" correction for it. However, by doing this, you can end up with a 0.4' error in the GHA. For example, looking at the data for Christmas, December 25, 2011, the tabulated 1200 Z GHA of the sun is 00° 01.6' and at 1300 Z it is 15° 01.2'. Ignoring the "v" correction and just using the increment table for the same 60 minute period would have you adding exactly 15° to the 1200 Z GHA coming up with 15° 01.6' instead of the tabulated value, a difference of 0.4'. Looking at it a different way, for a 59 minute and 59 second period you would add 14° 59.8' producing a GHA at 1259:59 Z of 15° 01.4' but if you interpolate down from the nearer
1300 Z GHA for one second by subtracting 0.3' you find a GHA of 15° 00.9' a difference of 0.5'. So, it appears to me, that if you want the maximum possible accuracy for the GHA of the sun you should look at the consecutive tabulated GHAs and determine the appropriate "v" value and make the correction for it.
Thoughts?
gl
--- On Sun, 1/16/11, Anabasis75@aol.com <Anabasis75@aol.com> wrote:
From: Anabasis75@aol.com <Anabasis75@aol.com>
Subject: [NavList] NA "v" correction & mercury observations
To: NavList@fer3.com
Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 4:06 AM
You will find the nuance of my writing to cover that very topic
Kermit. That is why I said it is "applied" rather than
"added." "v" is nearly always positive, but sometimes is negative
for the planets. Venus at this very moment, has a negative "v"
correction. It is -0.3 for today's (Jan 16) bonus Exotica exercise
(although due to it being only 8 minutes past the hour, it didn't affect
GHA).
For those who don't know, the "v" correction is used to save space in the
NA. If you notice in the Increments and corrections page, the column isn't
labeled "Sun" it's "Sun and planets" Since the planets move at a slightly
different rate there is an additional correction to be applied to get the proper
GHA. The moon also has a "v" correction that allows for more accuracy
because the table in the I&C pages is for a "standard moon" but since the
moon's rate of change for GHA is variable, you need to apply a fairly sizable
"v" correction that varies each hour.
Mercury LOP's and/or Azimuths were shot on January 7,8, & 9 this
month. I would have gotten one on the 10th but the horizon was terrible at
109 degrees so the planet disappeared before the horizon appeared even remotely
distinct. Peter's spreadsheets and my starpath calculator allowed me
to actually get LOP's and correct for the azimuth as I shot them instead of
having to ask for data as I did in 2009.
I just hope that shooting Mercury doesn't make me mad as a hatter.
;-)
Jeremy
In a message dated 1/15/2011 3:52:29 P.M. Central Asia Standard Time,
antoine.m.couette@club-internet.fr writes:
RE : http://www.fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=115290
[NavList] Re: help with
sun sights
From: Anabasis75---com
Date: 15 Jan 2011 03:00
Hello Jeremy,
You wrote :
QUOTE
" 5) The "v" correction is similar to the "d" correction but is applied to
the GHA of the body. You must use the number at the bottom of the column for
all non-lunar bodies. "
UNQUOTE
May I comment as follows ?
Yes ! And if I remember well, the "v" correction is ALWAYS POSITIVE for
the Navigational Planets, with one (exotic!) exception : VENUS for which it
can be negative.
I would also guess that the same holds for Mercury too ...
but limited interest here.
Best Regards
Kermit
Antoine M. Couëtte
My following question is a bit late, I know ... since Mercury was
beautiful in the morning sky just one week ago (i.e. by the 08th of January
2011), but ...
... do you belong to the "Mercury Shooters Club" ? :-))
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