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Re: Welcome Aboard! New and returning...
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2011 Feb 7, 07:54 -0800
From: "Anabasis75@aol.com" <Anabasis75@aol.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 7:09:40 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Welcome Aboard! New and returning...
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2011 Feb 7, 07:54 -0800
I have to disagree. In many cases, ice is broken into plates which are heaved on atop another by natural forces, so I don't believe that an iced-over body of water can be reliably used for a horizon.
I also disagree that if one were lucky enough to find a body of water frozen over with a perfect sheet of ice that the thickness of the ice would have to be subtracted from HE. If one is standing on a perfect sheet of ice, what's the difference between that and standing on a perfect sheet of water?
Welcome to the list .....
Lu Abel
I also disagree that if one were lucky enough to find a body of water frozen over with a perfect sheet of ice that the thickness of the ice would have to be subtracted from HE. If one is standing on a perfect sheet of ice, what's the difference between that and standing on a perfect sheet of water?
Welcome to the list .....
Lu Abel
From: "Anabasis75@aol.com" <Anabasis75@aol.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 7:09:40 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Welcome Aboard! New and returning...
You can always subtract the ice thickness from your Height of eye
calculation.
You are lucky that your Celesticomp is still working. I can't help
you with it's built in Almanac since I haven't even seen one in 3 years.
Jeremy
In a message dated 2/7/2011 6:30:13 P.M. Bangladesh Standard Time,
rtrowbridge@svprecipice.com writes:
Thank you for the welcome.
I do have a question about using the horizon on the frozen ocean. Does having four feet of ice over the surface of the ocean affect the accuracy of a shot?I also wonder if anyone knows how long the database in the Celesticomp V is good for?
Thanks ahead of time!
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