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Re: Time of meridian passage accuracy
From: Joe Schultz
Date: 2009 Sep 27, 21:25 -0700
From: Joe Schultz
Date: 2009 Sep 27, 21:25 -0700
One needs to consider the intended audience when reading Bowditch. Exactly one of three of my US Navy destroyer captains (late 1980s to early 1990s) handled a sextant, and only as a hobby. Sextant navigation was a dead practice then, and was probably not a primary method in the US merchies by the 2002 publication. And what was the 2002 editor's knowledge and experience in celestial navigation? Equation of time isn't really needed in a GPS and radio time signal age. Moral to the story: try to use the Bowditch editions for the eras when the method (sextant is one of many) was in practice. Joe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
