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Re: Nautical Almanac clarification
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2007 Mar 9, 16:17 -0500
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2007 Mar 9, 16:17 -0500
Just a guess off the top of the head -- are those the magnitudes (i.e. brightness) of the bodies? More negative = brighter ... -- Bill On 3/9/07, Garywrote: > > Having just started celestial I have greatly enjoyed what I have > learned so far. It is extremely enjoyable to take sights, reduce them > and actually end up where you know you are. This summer I will > actually get to use this tool on blue water which should be a lot of > fun. > > In the nautical almanac there are numbers in the column headings next > to Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. For instance for today they are > -3.9, +1.2, -2.1, +0.1 respectively. I have not found an explanation > for what these numbers are for. Can anyone help me out? Thanks > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---