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Re: Sunset sight?
From: Lynn H. Ogden
Date: 1998 Oct 27, 5:00 PM
From: Lynn H. Ogden
Date: 1998 Oct 27, 5:00 PM
-- [ From- Lynn H. & Kathy Ogden * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] -- It's possible, but not likely. There are too many variables created by atmospheric conditions, refraction, and estimating semi-diameter and when that semi-diameter is on the horizon. Now azimuth or amplitude of the Sun is easy to find so that you may correct your compass, but positioning is near impossible. LO -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- Date: Wednesday, 28-Oct-98 08:28 PM From- Richard Edwards \ Internet: (richard@wdi.disney.com) To: navigation@roninhouse.com (Unlisted Name) \ Internet: (navigation@roninhouse.com) Subject: [Nml] Sunset sight? Would it be possible to find position (or at least longitutde), without a sextant by marking the time at sunset and going to the tables with 0 degrees as the altitude? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@roninhouse.com: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= -------- REPLY, End of original message -------- -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@roninhouse.com: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=
