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Re: Puzzle
From: Tony S
Date: 2000 Sep 11, 12:40 PM
From: Tony S
Date: 2000 Sep 11, 12:40 PM
Rick: I think (conclude) that your original thought of time being in error was correct. Yesterday I ran a curve fit on your Betelgeuse hs data and came up with reasonable results for UTC time exactly 8 minutes LATER. Consider: UTC Tow/Away --- -------- 09:36:29 1.7 A 09:37:34 2.6 T 09:38:34 2.4 T There appears no doubt that you were observing Betelgeuse because of its brightness in that portion of the sky. (the question was raised earlier by someone). I also examined your other body sights closely and find they are as good as one could expect from your platform. Also: with the altered time on Betelgeuse fits well for any Fix using bodies 2-3 and 1-2-3 How you may have arrived at a time with 8 minutes difference is in your ballpark! :) I could only make a wild guess because your hack method is strange to me. Any further reflections? Tony in San Francisco Navex Systems