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Re: sight reduction tables
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2007 Sep 30, 21:32 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2007 Sep 30, 21:32 -0400
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Lu Abel wrote: > If one is going to do only sun shots, > then I see two 21st century > choices: buy Volume 2 of HO249 each year, > or buy a copy of the Nautical > Almanac each year and use a calculator There is another excellent choice, apparently forgotten in this discussion: "Complete on-board Celestial Navigator", which includes 5-years almanach, and pretty convenient site reduction tables and much more. All in one small volume. The accuracy is better than 1 minute. When I go to Europe for a summer, with little chance of a week or so of sailing, I carry a pocket sextant (much smaller than a plastic one), this book and a pocket calculator. This is enough for 1' accuracy. Alex. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
