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Re: Bright Venus again
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2018 Nov 17, 09:52 -0800
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2018 Nov 17, 09:52 -0800
Kermit,
My calculation is not as detailed as yours but it comes out pretty close:
1° 14.7’
which falls near the lower end of your 4” error bar, since 42.9/60 = 0.715.
I used my precomputed lunar spreadsheet with Venus as “Moon” and Spica as “Body.”
Peter Hakel
https://www.navigation-spreadsheets.com
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