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Re: Buying a sextant- a cautionary tale.
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 May 5, 11:38 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 May 5, 11:38 -0400
As I said, I use USNO almanac for those stars which are not in the Nautical Almanac. Alex On Thu, 4 May 2006, Chuck Taylor wrote: > > -- Bill wrote: > > > Using the Hipparcos Catalogue the closet star I > > could to delta Orion for > > that SHA range and declination starting in Od was > > Mintaka. I could not see > > a delta Orion on Omars site. > > > > I don't see anything matching Mintak's name or > > specifications in the > > almanac. > > Bill, > > Mintaka and delta Orionus are one and the same. Look > on pages 272 and 273 of the U.S. Nautical Almanac > under SHA 276. It is the right-most of the 3 stars in > Orion's belt. > > Mintaka is one of my favorite stars. Note that its > declination is about 0 degrees 17 minutes South. That > means that it rises almost exactly in the east (090) > and sets almost exactly in the west (270) every day of > the year. > > Best regards, > > Chuck Taylor > 47d 56' N > 122d 11' W > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
