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Re: Precomputed lunar distances
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Apr 17, 23:34 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Apr 17, 23:34 -0500
Frank, Yes, the true distances are tabulated monthly. And the six refraction tables are made for every 10 degrees of altitude and 10 degrees of latitude. Alex. P.S. If there is interest in a handy source of star-to-star distances, I can re-calculate the distances and post them together with refraction tables. On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Frank R wrote: > Alex you wrote: > "One of my Russian books has the following tables, specially > designed for determination of the instrumental correction. > It lists uncorrected distances from the Polar star to > 6 other stars at distances 16, 34, 43, 51, 60 and 81 degrees. > (These stars are Kochab, Alioth, Capella, Vega, Alpheratz, > and Altair)." > > That sounds very useful. Are the uncorrected distances tabulated monthly? Or > is there are a separate correction based on the month? > > -FER > http://www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars >
