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Re: It Works.
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2002 Apr 3, 12:54 -0500
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2002 Apr 3, 12:54 -0500
I wrote: > I think, George, that if you go back to your example where you assumed > the watch was 30 minutes fast, and simply change the assumed longitude > to be 7.5 degrees east of the true position, ... Of course I got this backwards -- the assumed longitude would be west of the true position in this case (unless I've confused myself even more). Then simply use the (erroneous) watch time as if it were GMT for looking things up in the almanac. You'll end up with nearly the same LHA for most bodies, except of course the moon (which is the point of the exercise).