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Re: Sextant accuracy with short distance to horizon
From: Steven Wepster
Date: 2001 Jun 22, 2:27 AM
From: Steven Wepster
Date: 2001 Jun 22, 2:27 AM
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