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Bruce, is the date 19 February 2009?

 

You can't imagine how frustrated I was being stuck on the bridge when I had so much work to do on the deck.  Couple that with cold weather (which keeps my department from painting where they are self-sufficient) and you have a restless chief mate lol.

 

Jeremy

 

Inspired by an industrious Chief Mate stuck at anchor several thousand
miles away (I'll bet the ship is spotless), and having a clear beautiful
night here, I took the following shots with my A-12. The observant might
note the lack of odd numbers at the end of the minutes, but it seems to
work out that way.


Index error 0                              Assumed to be zero until I
rent a theodolite.
Height of eye n/a                        At what height does one have to
worry about height of eye with a bubble sextant? I shall consult the air
tables before I take this thing up in a plane,
Temperature  2 deg C
Pressure 1024 mb
Time Z-8

AP 49d 16.0m N  123 07.0m W


Sirius                               20:29:42       23d  42.0m
Betelgeuse                       20:35 :22      47d  42.0m
Saturn                              21:27 :40     22d  34.0m
Alkaid                             21:42 :51     32d   52.0m
Mirfak                             21: 52 :11     49d  52.0m
Arcturus                          21 :56: 50     09d  42.0 m              


Still no sign of comet Lulin, but it is still only at an altitude of 12
degrees and not very bight. I can see Arcturus which is at the same Alt,
but no comet.  I might have to get out of the city to get a look.

I lost the bid on an actual Bygrave on E-bay, but 400 pounds UK was a
bit crazy. I'm happily back to pasting my model one and just need some
laser printer transparency material to finish the scale.

Bruce
Vancouver

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