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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, Gary wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> >
>
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