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Re: Sextant accuracy with short distance to horizon
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Jun 22, 9:57 AM
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Jun 22, 9:57 AM
All: The Silicon Sea Index Error(IE) has been -2.5' for the last couple of problems. I forgot to change the "Note" for the problems I already had in progress. Sorry. On 22 Jun 2001, at 10:26, Steven Wepster wrote: > Dear Dan, > > Concerning your repeaterd error of 68': might that be a systematic > error in the reduction? E.g., you've opened the almanac on the wrong > page... That's surely not meant as an insult. It happens to us all > once in a while (or am I unique in this respect?) > > _Steven Dan Hogan dhhogan@verionmail.com
