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Re: No sextant, no watch, no almanach, nothing
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Nov 8, 15:20 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Nov 8, 15:20 EST
Chuck Taylor wrote:
" Another use for Mintaka is as a compass: it
rises almost exactly in the east (090) and sets almost
exactly in the west (270), no matter what your
position may be (so long as you can see it, of
course)."
You can extrapolate it back or project it forward to the horizon, but you can't literally see it rise or set or anywhere below about five degrees altitude due to atmospheric extinction.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
" Another use for Mintaka is as a compass: it
rises almost exactly in the east (090) and sets almost
exactly in the west (270), no matter what your
position may be (so long as you can see it, of
course)."
You can extrapolate it back or project it forward to the horizon, but you can't literally see it rise or set or anywhere below about five degrees altitude due to atmospheric extinction.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
