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Re: Bombers over Danger Island! A celestial tale
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2026 Sep 14, 06:19 -0700
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2026 Sep 14, 06:19 -0700
Frank:
This observed lunar angle, now corrected for parallax and refraction, should fall about 60% of the way from the LD we calculated at 06:35 to that at 06:40. Does it??
Let's see, 5 seconds times 60% should be about 5 seconds?
DW:
By brute force fit:
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2026 Sep 7, 06:23 -0700
Not great, my maybe in the area?
===== FINAL SOLUTION =====
Date (UT): 1942-03-04
Latitude: 22.9943° N
Longitude: -161.6091° E (i.e. 161.6091° W)
Watch error: -3.00 seconds (add to watch time for true UT)
Pretty close. (is sign correct?)
