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Re: Polaris declination
From: Greg B
Date: 2006 May 22, 10:52 -0400
From: Greg B
Date: 2006 May 22, 10:52 -0400
Paul Hirose & George Huxtable, Gentlemen, Thank you! I see that there are many 'holes' in the pitcher of my understandingsome of my own making; and some basic over simplifications drilled into my head in high school. Thanks again, Greg Original Message: From: Paul Hirose....As already explained by George Huxtable, the month to month variation in the declination of Polaris is largely caused by the annual aberration. "Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. " Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (1471-1530) -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .