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Re: Stars and planets to the west at Evening Twilight
From: Greg R_
Date: 2012 Jul 22, 20:42 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2012 Jul 22, 20:42 -0700
Congrats on the great accuracy with your Polaris shots - 1 NM is definitely nothing to sneeze at, and if I remember right that's about the limits of what can be expected shooting from a stable position on land (i.e. with no vessel motion to contend with). If you're up early, both Venus and Jupiter are well-positioned to the east around sunrise these days - I happened to be up at that time earlier today, and was a bit startled to see both of those hanging up in the sky near each other like a pair of beacon lights. Really hard to miss those, and you can get two sights in without hardly having to move to a different direction or adjust the sextant arc. :-) -- GregR On 7/22/2012 6:49:06 PM, Bruce J. Pennino (bpennino.ce@charter.net) wrote: > I'm an improving CN beginner at about 42N 70 W and starting to take star > sights > facing east on Cape Cod. I also can face west looking over Cape Cod Bay. > Good > views except to NNW and south. I amazed myself the other night and sighted > Polaris > with 1 NM error.Did it a second night to prove not a fluke. A fellow in > parking lot pointed > out northern cross, summer triangle, Vega, Deneb and Altair. All easily > used and got a > reasonable fix.
