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From: Randall Morrow
Date: 2013 May 15, 07:48 -0700
Greg,
Thanks for the suggestions. Last night I did 4 sets of Moon-Jupiter runs with 5 sights each. I held the sextant frame in my left hand with an elbow propped on the arm of a chair while I turned the micrometer with my right hand. With each shot I tried to split the round planet image with the limb of the Moon.
Here are the averaged results:
8-29-04 29*31.7 Error LD 0.1’ Error Lo 03.2’
8-34-28 29*33.9 Error LD 0.3’ Error Lo 09.7’
8-39-10 29*35.7 Error LD 0.4’ Error Lo 11.5’
8-44-31 29*37.4 Error LD 0.1’ Error Lo 03.5’
Moon sun sights are still not too good but Moon-planets look better.
Thanks!
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