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Re: NavList and overblown precision in mathematical analysis
From: David Pike
Date: 2026 Jan 4, 08:46 -0800
From: David Pike
Date: 2026 Jan 4, 08:46 -0800
DavidC you wrote: FWIIW we have just passed the Summer Solstice and an artificial horizon is not useable for much of the day (at lat 41).
I sympathise with you, if it's not the edge of the bowl, next door's fence gets in the way. It's slightly easier with a mirror, but even then, there's always some interested passer-by to get in the way and spoil the shot. (It might be interesting to count how many organisations print their dhobi mark on the shot below most of whom have never been anywhere near the South Pole) DaveP
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