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    Re: Precomputing sights with the Rude star finder
    From: John Brown
    Date: 2015 Sep 28, 01:06 -0700

    Gary wrote:

    "First he gives an example of finding the time of morning nautical twilight, then computing LHA Aires for setting HO 2101 D to locate which stars will be available to shoot when the horizon becomes visible. Well, you don't need to go through all that trouble, its dark outside, just go out and look at the sky and see the stars, they will be there when the horizon becomes visible."

    Doesn't that require an ability to confidently locate and 'lock on' to the chosen stars in a brightening and perhaps cloudy sky, with the constellations and their various pointers rapidly disappearing?  Setting up the star finder isn't that onerous, especially when having regard for your second point, re LHA Aries.

    John

       
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