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Re: Instumental error?
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Apr 20, 00:29 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Apr 20, 00:29 -0500
Frank, Thank you for your comments. On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Frank R wrote: >> Should I attach this table to my sextant box lid as a >> certificate, and use it?" > I would. How do you feel about the large jumps > in the table from 65 to 68 > and, less so, from 90 to 127? Of course I feel bad:-( And in general I am starting to be somewhat disappointed with the quality of my Russian sextant:-) To produce a reliable table of instrumental corrections, more measurements are certainly needed. A