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Re: Silicon Sea: Leg 72 -NEW
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 May 27, 14:25 EDT
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 May 27, 14:25 EDT
On 26 May 2001, at 22:27, Sam Chan wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Hogan" <dhhogan@XXX.XXX>
> To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX>
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 12:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Silicon Sea: Leg 72 -NEW
>
> Dan,
>
> For unknown body #1, the compass bearing was 349.7.
> Using Can Dead Man Vote Twice At Election, correcting from
> compass to true requires easterly variation and deviation be added to
> compass. The variation was 10dW and deviation was 1dE, totaling 9dW.
> With a compass bearing of 349.7 and subtracting 9d (since it is W)
> results in 340.7. There is nothing near that location in the sky.
CORRECT the Bearings should be #1 351.7d
#2 329.3d
I thought I had corrected them in a post after issuing Leg 72.
Cheers
-Dan-
