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Re: Precomputed lunar distances
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 17, 23:54 EDT
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 17, 23:54 EDT
Alex you wrote: "One of my Russian books has the following tables, specially designed for determination of the instrumental correction. It lists uncorrected distances from the Polar star to 6 other stars at distances 16, 34, 43, 51, 60 and 81 degrees. (These stars are Kochab, Alioth, Capella, Vega, Alpheratz, and Altair)." That sounds very useful. Are the uncorrected distances tabulated monthly? Or is there are a separate correction based on the month? -FER http://www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars