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From: Frank Reed
Date: 2023 Jun 28, 16:56 -0700
Hello Carolyn Harrington. you wrote:
"I got 34°57.6' N, 67°.6 W." (see PS)
That latitude looks pretty good, but I feel like there's something missing (just a typo in your message?) in the longitude. Could you tell us again what your result was for longitude?
You wrote:
"I used both your short cut method for HO and using .97/tan(h) for refraction."
Yes, that sounds good. :)
"I corrected the gha for Aries with changing Venus site times BUT didn't correct the Dec of Venus for the change in time because it was so small."
Oh that's interesting. So do you mean then that you worked both Venus altitudes separately? It's easier (and intended by the scenario) that you should average the two Venus altitudes.
Thanks for looking at this puzzle!
Frank Reed
PS: A very minor note [but in case you were wondering! :) ]: I changed your * symbols to ° signs. I bet you learned to use * for degrees some years ago :). There was a period of time when it was difficult with easily accessible tools (typewriters, in other words) to insert a degree symbol, and that asterisk shorthand became popular. Those days are mostly gone, but getting a degree sign out of your computer or other device can still be non-trivial, and I always keep a short document handy with a few special characters in it so that I can "copy and paste" any funny symbol as needed...
° – — × √ ∇ ∑ ≠ ≅ ⁻⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹ⁿ
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