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Re: Longitude by lunar and solar transit
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Jun 03, 14:20 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Jun 03, 14:20 -0400
On 6/2/2014 8:11 AM, Dave Walden wrote: > I have a transit in the mail from ebay, so am also interested in > continuing this discussion. > > The following may be of interest: > > http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1899MNRAS..59..513P I have skimmed the paper, and it is a bit over my head. Two questions please. 1. If using equal altitudes over a lengthy period of time, wouldn't one have to account for changes in declination? I don't see that. Perhaps it is buried in the math? 2. The author speaks of "culmination" not occurring at the meridian transit for the Sun, moon, or planets. Would someone please expound on why? Thanks
