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Re: Metal versus plastic or better telescope?
From: Randall Morrow
Date: 2012 Mar 27, 12:33 -0700
Alexandre,
I did the results table on Excel and I was concerned that Nav-list would not process them. Here is a Word document with the data if you did not see it in Excel format:
Date: March 26 All times PM
Randall F Morrow PT
Bakersfield
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Randall,
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, Randall Morrow wrote:
> Here are the first results with a metal sextant and a mirror AH, index
> correction of (+) 0.2: (GPS 35*19.5 N, 119*05.5W)
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> The Davis sextant would change angles if you squeezed the handle too tight
Where are the results?
Alex.
From: Randall Morrow
Date: 2012 Mar 27, 12:33 -0700
Alexandre,
I did the results table on Excel and I was concerned that Nav-list would not process them. Here is a Word document with the data if you did not see it in Excel format:
Date: March 26 All times PM
| Body | Time | Hs | Ho | Hc | a |
| Venus | 8.9.20 | 66*42.4 | 33*19.8 | 33*17.5 | 2.3T |
| Moon | 8.11.26 | 69*25.0 | 35*40.4 | 35*39.8 | 0.6T |
| Jupiter | 8.13.11 | 42*40.2 | 21*17.7 | 21*16.8 | 0.9T |
| Mars | 8.14.36 | 88*14.4 | 44*06.3 | 44*06.4 | 0.1A |
| Rigel | 8.20.32 | 68*18.0 | 34*07.7 | 34*05.9 | 1.8T |
| Sirius | 8.22.24 | 72*05.6 | 36*01.6 | 36*00.8 | 0.8T |
| Regulus | 8.24.33 | 100*58.4 | 50*28.5 | 50*28.0 | 0.5T |
Randall F Morrow PT
Bakersfield
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Randall,
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, Randall Morrow wrote:
> Here are the first results with a metal sextant and a mirror AH, index
> correction of (+) 0.2: (GPS 35*19.5 N, 119*05.5W)
>
>
>
> The Davis sextant would change angles if you squeezed the handle too tight
Where are the results?
Alex.
