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Re: LAN curve parabola?
From: David Iwancio
Date: 2019 Nov 23, 01:59 -0800
From: David Iwancio
Date: 2019 Nov 23, 01:59 -0800
In recent editions of Bowditch, tables 24 and 25 approximate the sun's motion near LAN as a parabola for solving ex-meridian sights. You might want to take a look at them and their explanation to get a feel for when you can get away with that kind of approximation.
