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Yes the 19th, sorry about that.

Anabasis75@aol.com wrote:
> Bruce, is the date 19 February 2009?
>
> You can't imagine how frustrated I was being stuck on the bridge when
> I had so much work to do on the deck.  Couple that with cold weather
> (which keeps my department from painting where they are
> self-sufficient) and you have a restless chief mate lol.
>
> Jeremy
>
> In a message dated 2/20/2009 1:55:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> bruce.hamilton@shaw.ca writes:
>
>
>
>     Inspired by an industrious Chief Mate stuck at anchor several
>     thousand
>     miles away (I'll bet the ship is spotless), and having a clear
>     beautiful
>     night here, I took the following shots with my A-12. The observant
>     might
>     note the lack of odd numbers at the end of the minutes, but it
>     seems to
>     work out that way.
>
>
>     Index error 0                              Assumed to be zero until I
>     rent a theodolite.
>     Height of eye n/a                        At what height does one
>     have to
>     worry about height of eye with a bubble sextant? I shall consult
>     the air
>     tables before I take this thing up in a plane,
>     Temperature  2 deg C
>     Pressure 1024 mb
>     Time Z-8
>
>     AP 49d 16.0m N  123 07.0m W
>
>
>     Sirius                               20:29:42       23d  42.0m
>     Betelgeuse                       20:35 :22      47d  42.0m
>     Saturn                              21:27 :40     22d  34.0m
>     Alkaid                             21:42 :51     32d   52.0m
>     Mirfak                             21: 52 :11     49d  52.0m
>     Arcturus                          21 :56: 50     09d  42.0 m
>
>
>
>     Still no sign of comet Lulin, but it is still only at an altitude
>     of 12
>     degrees and not very bight. I can see Arcturus which is at the
>     same Alt,
>     but no comet.  I might have to get out of the city to get a look.
>
>     I lost the bid on an actual Bygrave on E-bay, but 400 pounds UK was a
>     bit crazy. I'm happily back to pasting my model one and just need
>     some
>     laser printer transparency material to finish the scale.
>
>     Bruce
>     Vancouver
>
>
>
>     >


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