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Re: Sun Moon Lunars to 155 degrees
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2010 Apr 1, 14:00 -0700
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2010 Apr 1, 14:00 -0700
Brad Morris writes:
> Finally the calculator states an error of 3.8 minutes in Moon altitude
> and 3.4 minutes in the Sun's altitude. In attempting to use 3.6 minutes
> as an index correction, it is shown that the error in alitudes are in
> opposite directions.
> Best Regards
> Brad
Perhaps that supports the idea that the altitudes were measured simultaneously with the lunar distance, using two separate octants?
-- Bill N.
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