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Re: Lunars with SNO-T
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Oct 27, 20:43 EDT
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Oct 27, 20:43 EDT
Fred H wrote:
"Given good equipment, I think Frank may be right that lunars aren't all
that difficult, except perhaps calculation by table using any method
other than Bruce Stark's."
Even by hand, lunars calculations are not difficult. First, I do not mean to imply that Bruce's tables are better or worse than anything else. But the numerous historical methods did not take very much effort. A time sight, which was a standard calculation for over a hundred years in celestial navigation was approximately one third the work of a lunar with very similar steps involved.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
"Given good equipment, I think Frank may be right that lunars aren't all
that difficult, except perhaps calculation by table using any method
other than Bruce Stark's."
Even by hand, lunars calculations are not difficult. First, I do not mean to imply that Bruce's tables are better or worse than anything else. But the numerous historical methods did not take very much effort. A time sight, which was a standard calculation for over a hundred years in celestial navigation was approximately one third the work of a lunar with very similar steps involved.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois