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Re: long lost lunars
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2003 Dec 3, 13:51 -0800
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2003 Dec 3, 13:51 -0800
Discribe away please!!! I'm interested in your technique and
results.
-----Original Message-----I did about a hundred land-based lunar distance sights during the past twelve months (actually 400 individual lunars) and with a very good sextant I was able to get my longitude to within +/-9 minutes reliably or equivalently an error of about +/-0.3 minutes in the lunar itself. If anyone is interested, I can describe some of my lunar adventures for the list. Oh, and I usually reduce my sights on my cell phone --which is painfully ironic since the cell phone has built-in GPS.
From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Frank Reed
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 13:33
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject: long lost lunars
Frank E. Reed
75% Mystic, Connecticut
25% Chicago, Illinois
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