NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: equinox
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2004 Mar 21, 14:06 EST
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2004 Mar 21, 14:06 EST
In a message dated 3/21/2004 1:23:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, legras@MAD.SCIENTIST.COM writes:
spring equinox was on earth 20/03/2004 at 06:49 utc according to Jean Meeus' sky calender 2004
On which planet does it occur at 6:48 ????
amateurs...
Using the Nautical Almanac and interpolating between .8' South at 0600 utc and .2' North at 0700 utc the equinox calculates to occur at exactly 0648 utc. Are you saying that Jean Meeus' sky calendar is more accurate than the nautical almanac? Does he carry his calculations out to more precision than .1' of declination? And who cares anyway, it's cold as most winter days here regardless of what the calendar says.
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
Website http://www.hometown.aol.com/htycgary/myhomepage/index.html
Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
Harbour Towne Yacht Club, Life Member
C400 National Association
United States Power Squadrons-JN
NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)
Website http://www.hometown.aol.com/htycgary/myhomepage/index.html
Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
Harbour Towne Yacht Club, Life Member
C400 National Association
United States Power Squadrons-JN
NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)