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Re: Lunars: Jupiter above the Moon
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Jul 6, 18:35 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Jul 6, 18:35 -0500
Frank wrote > The Sun's altitude was as low as 6 degrees, so these sights had to be > carefully corrected for temperature and pressure as well as flattening of the > Sun's semi-diameter. I was playing with sun/moon lunars late Wednesday as well (approx 115d observed separation at the time, but fighting trees trying to sight both, so only 3 poor shots, -.06 results. How did you calculate and apply the flattening of the sun? Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---