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Re: Anyone own a copy of the StarPilot software?
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Jul 5, 21:31 -0500
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From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Jul 5, 21:31 -0500
" "These positional errors are directly proportional to the distance
in
time from the year 2000...I'll leave it as "an exercise for the reader" <g>
to figure out what's actually wrong.
A rash guess: Leap seconds? And the lack thereof?"
time from the year 2000...I'll leave it as "an exercise for the reader" <g>
to figure out what's actually wrong.
A rash guess: Leap seconds? And the lack thereof?"
No, but that would cause problems. The difference here is that some stars
are shifted in a positive direction, some negative. It only affects SHAs --the
Declinations are correct.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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