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    Re: Real accuracy of the method of lunar distances
    From: Frank Reed CT
    Date: 2004 Jan 9, 02:42 EST
    Fred Hebard wrote:
    "One clear point that came out of Bolte's paper from the 1870s
    referenced by Jan Kalivoda was that there's little difference in
    precision between lunars taken with stars and lunars taken with the
    sun."

    I went back to the original post. It's not quite as you described. Here are the errors Jan K posted:
    >>
    31" for one distance (averaged set of shots) of the Moon and a star (18" by Behrens)
    22" for one distance of the Moon and the Sun (18" by Behrens)
    <<

    SHOOT some lunars, gang. Judge for yourselves based on your own observations. That's the essence of science.

    Frank E. Reed
    [X] Mystic, Connecticut
    [ ] Chicago, Illinois

       
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