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Re: Using Polaris to check sextant sights.
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2008 Nov 11, 10:09 -0800

Yes, you missed that that was a re-post of a message originally posted on February 17, 2007 when the distance was 43'.

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--- On Mon, 11/10/08, John Karl <jhkarl@att.net> wrote:

From: John Karl <jhkarl@att.net>
Subject: [NavList 6497] Re: Using Polaris to check sextant sights.
To: "NavList" <NavList@fer3.com>
Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 7:58 PM
Gary,

Why do you say the polar distance of Polaris is 43' now (Nov) when the
Almanac gives it as 41.6'for Nov 2008?.

Also the MICA (U.S. Naval Observatory's Multiyear Interactive Computer
Almanac) calculates 41.69' for the polar distance in Nov.  Is there
something I'm missing?

John Karl

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