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Re: Declination problems
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Sep 12, 21:52 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Sep 12, 21:52 -0400
On 9/12/2014 8:21 PM, Samuel L wrote: > The Declination for 18:00 UTC was listed as 4 d 00.0 minutes. > > The USNO lists the > > The resulting LHA for both sights was 23d. > > The resulting Hc's were both 47d 38 minutes. The "d" correction was 0. If you are referring to "d" correction for declination in the last sentence the correction is close to -30" (-0.5') for 00:29:31 as the declination moves like a bat out of hell (relatively speaking) around the equinoxes. Approx. 1' per hour.
