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New Moon Night Horizon Estimation
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2011 Sep 23, 11:20 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2011 Sep 23, 11:20 -0700
Has anyone experimented with night time star observations during a new Moon using an estimated horizon? A vague horizon is bad enough but added to this is the difficulty of rocking the sextant to obtain perpendicularity. Even so I bet observations within 20 minutes of arc can be had. I see that this will be something to try on my next cruise to the islands.
Greg Rudzinski
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