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Re: Question to Frank
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2005 Apr 25, 20:17 -0600
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2005 Apr 25, 20:17 -0600
Frank Reed wrote: > So, let's see then, the minimum number of altitudes I have to > shoot is one --and not necessarily while I'm shooting the lunar, > possibly hours earlier or later-- and a "prudent" maximum number could > be as high six (ignoring backups, double-check sights, etc.). Perhaps another for latitude might be included in the minimum making the number of sights equal to a lunar taken with simultaneous altitudes of the bodies. But with the slow progress made on land one could spread the altitudes out for maximum benefit. Ken Muldrew.
