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Re: My first lunar
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2023 Apr 3, 17:00 -0600
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2023 Apr 3, 17:00 -0600
On Apr 3, 2023, at 4:30 PM, Art Leung <NoReply_ArtLeung@fer3.com> wrote:Frank - thank you for the words of encouragement. I was trying to minimize my work and picked Regulus since it was close, which I figured would make finding the star easier - I will now start looking for things further away (Lesson 3!).
Art, make sure you preset your sextant to the approximate angle first. It makes finding the star much easier.
Ken Muldrew.