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Well, at 79 and 81 MrsP and I have finally achieved our ‘Bucket list’ Sun, Moon, Venus fixes.  There are large time gaps, large refraction values for the Sun, and they’re not the best of cuts, but you must accept that sort of thing at this time of year.  Also, it’s impossible to regrease the mounting without stripping it down, the teddies seem to have substituted marmalade, so the readings were a bit jumpy.  Unfortunately, all this has left us far too worn out to plot the fixes tonight, so if anyone wishes to have a crack at them, please go ahead.  I’ll plot them ‘a la Air Almanac/AP3270’ when I get chance.

Details
Sextant: Smiths Kelvin Hughes Mk 2c swivel eyepiece, pendulous reference sextant Ref: 148KHI/73 running via it’s mounting fed with a 24V DC power supply.  Temp: +2C Press: 1006mb
Aiming point: Body’s centre
DR Position:  53.10’ N  000.32’W.  All times UTC

DP
 Time 15h:01m:56s.  Sun     Hs  6d09.5’    I.E. -1’
Time 16h:30m:51s.  Venus Hs 25d 26.0’  I.E. +1/4’
 Time 16h:50m 17s.  Moon Hs 41d 09.9’   I.E. +1’

JGP
Time 15h:15m:45s.    Sun      Hs   4d 55.4’      I.E. -1’
Time 16h:36m:29s.    Venus Hs 25d 11.0’      I.E. +1/4’
Time 16h:44m:36s.   Moon   Hs 40d 20.0’      I.E.  +1’

Also:  Please does anyone have a link to the Air Almanac 2025 or will they give me the Air Almanac Moon’s PinA figure for Ha=41degrees today.  I’m anticipating it to be around +44’.  DaveP

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