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Re: Lunar distance measurement in ideal conditions: attainable accuracy.
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2013 Jan 7, 09:13 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2013 Jan 7, 09:13 -0500
Bill, Thanks for your clarification. > The errors are errors of the observations, not longitude > When I did lunar 2 I had had some practice and had worked out exactly what > I was looking for in achieving perfect contact. And as we all know, > practice makes, if not perfect, at least consistent;-). Still the progress from more than 1' errors to 0'3 errors in single observations after 1 day of practice seems amazing to me. This is different from my own experience. Alex.