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    Re: Was Bowditch Table 15, now confused
    From: Jim Thompson
    Date: 2005 Jan 26, 07:55 -0400

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Bill
    > your site brings an interesting term,
    > until now sight unseen for me, into my vocabulary.  That being, "Sensible
    > Horizon."  Which I take to mean visible horizon. I can appreciate but not
    > calculate how that differs from the ? horizon (refraction(s)
    > etc.)  Can you
    > expound on this please?
    
    Bill,
    
    I am far from done with Table 15.  I have printed out everyone's posts and I
    am still working on the problems of understanding (a) what the Table's
    result means, and (b) how that formula was derived (likely beyond my
    abilities, but I am getting some insights).  Hopefully my muddle at
    http://jimthompson.net/boating/CelestialNav/CelestNotes/Bowditch15.htm
    eventually will become true and meaningful.
    
    Regarding the Horizon Coordinate System, see
    http://jimthompson.net/boating/CelestialNav/CelestNotes/Coordinates.htm#Hori
    zonCoordinates
    but I have an image just below
    http://jimthompson.net/boating/CelestialNav/CelestNotes/SightReduction.htm#C
    orrections
    which shows the relationship between the Sensible, Visible and Geometric
    Horizons, and one just above that link which shows Dip.
    
    Those images are better than plain text, but basically:
    
    1. The Visible Horizon is the one you see with your naked eye when you look
    at the apparent bounday between the sky and sea (or earth).  A line from
    your eye to that horizon is called the Visible Horizon.
    2. The Geometric Horizon is the real line between your eye and the actual
    boundary between sky and sea/earth.  Since light bends between the horizon
    and your eye, then the Visibile Horizon is rarely coincident with the
    Geometric Horizon.  The difference is accounted for mainly by terrestrial
    refraction.
    3. The Sensible Horizon is part of the Horizon Coordinate System.  The
    Sensible Horizon is a line from your eye that runs out into space parallel
    to the Celestial Horizon.  The angle between the Sensible Horizon and the
    Visible Horizon is called the Dip.  The Sensible Horizon is a very
    non-intuitive concept for learners.
    
    This discussion about Table 15 has made me realize that I need to add a
    special Dip section to my CN Study Notes pages.  I am working on that too.
    
    This stuff is extremely humbling.
    
    Jim Thompson
    www.jimthompson.net
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