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From: Thomas Kleemann
Date: 2009 May 10, 23:20 +0200
From: Thomas Kleemann
Date: 2009 May 10, 23:20 +0200
Hello all, since the discussions revolve around some practical issues in taking sights lately, I want to bring in an puzzlement of my own: In several works on celnav the authors had stated the bright reflection of the moon on oceans surface would obscure the visible horizon at night and create a line below it, called moon horizon (at least by some of them). If I understand the arguments correctly, it must be some kind of effect similar to the problems of dip and light distance? I thought about a function of altitude and height of eye to correct for that "shortness of dip"... Has anyone tried that successfully? /Thomas. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
