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Re: Observations with pocket sextant in the Baltic CROSS POST
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Jul 2, 16:50 -0500
> Bill,
>
>> At last, the sextant of your dreams. <G?
>
> No, only for practical purposes:-)
> Sextant of my dream will have 0.1' accuracy
> most of the time, and sometimes 0.2'
> :-)
> This one has 1' accuracy, which is 10 times worse.
>
> Alex.
Local time 12 Average of 5 obs. error 0.0' (sigma=1.5')
Local time 12:40 Average of 6, error 0.0' (sigma=1.0')
Alex
Just how much closer than zero do you expect to get? <G>
Bill
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From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Jul 2, 16:50 -0500
> Bill,
>
>> At last, the sextant of your dreams. <G?
>
> No, only for practical purposes:-)
> Sextant of my dream will have 0.1' accuracy
> most of the time, and sometimes 0.2'
> :-)
> This one has 1' accuracy, which is 10 times worse.
>
> Alex.
Local time 12 Average of 5 obs. error 0.0' (sigma=1.5')
Local time 12:40 Average of 6, error 0.0' (sigma=1.0')
Alex
Just how much closer than zero do you expect to get? <G>
Bill
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