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Re: Latitude by Lunar Distance
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Oct 9, 09:51 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Oct 9, 09:51 +1000
On 10/8/06, Frank wrote: > ...you are apparently > working only to the nearest 0.01 degrees. That's much too coarse. You > should re-do the calculations working to the nearest 0.0001 degrees. > Then differences of 0.1 minutes of arc are much more likely to be > correct. At Lat N38d, Lon W070d, on 11 Oct 2006 (All at sea) GMT Body Azimuth Altitude 6h 36m Aldebaran 134.616d 62.060d Moon(Centre) 110.677 67.341 Distance between bodies 11.412d 6h 39m Pollux 79.036d 34.175d Moon(Centre) 111.618 67.882 Distance between bodies 38.476d At Lat N41d, Lon W074d, on 11 Oct 2006 (Approx New York) GMT Body Azimuth Altitude 6h 36m Aldebaran 132.171d 57.758d Moon(Centre) 111.847 63.315 Distance between bodies 11.37d 6h 39m Pollux 78.781d 31.723d Moon(Centre) 112.735 63.828 Distance between bodies 38.454d The differences between these results and those sent previously are negligible. > Also, please note that the observed distances I quoted (and > yes, they ARE correct) were distances from the Moon's limb to the star, > not the Moon's center. It seems that the centre of the moon is the relevant point of reference, as James R. Van Zandt points out. > Ah, but Peter, the difference in parallax IS due to a change in > position. That's why this works. :-) The correction for parallax is positive and that for refraction is negative. There will be an infinite number of positions where the two corrections can cancel one another, ie; the distances will be the same. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---