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Re: Side Error
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Mar 22, 19:18 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Mar 22, 19:18 EST
Bill wrote:
"If I recall the a list member stated a wee bit of side error can help
with
star-to-star distances (as well as determining IE/IC with stars I assume)."
star-to-star distances (as well as determining IE/IC with stars I assume)."
Well, that was me. So it's still only one vote! Alex checked Chauvenet, and
apparently side error never leads to any significant real error.
"I have never seen using a sunspot in texts. Is it fair game when
available,
or did I just get lucky with my correlation?"
or did I just get lucky with my correlation?"
Sounds like fair game to me. I've never seen it mentioned either. I
recently tried the Pleiades for an IC check, and it was distinctly easier
to detect a mis-alignment with a field of stars than with a single
star.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
