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Re: Thought Experiment
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Jun 14, 16:40 -0700
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Jun 14, 16:40 -0700
I doubt it. Astronomer friends of mine all use the Astronomical Almanac rather than the Nautical Almanac. They cannot stand the use of hour angles but instead greatly prefer right ascension. The tables of the Astronomical Almanac are written in their language, not ours, so to speak. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Jared Sherman Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 11:29 AM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: Thought Experiment Dan, is it possible that a large number of the NAs being printed are going to some other field (like astronomy or horology) so that "simply" counting them is vastly overcounting the number going for navigation purposes?