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Re: Pub. 249 question
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2017 Nov 25, 17:53 -0800

I chose to use only ten stars so that I could memorize their declinations and SHAs, here is what I posted in 2012:

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Re: 3-Star Fix - "Canned Survival Problem"
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2012 Mar 13, 02:26 -0700

I wanted them well arrayed in SHA, bright, and mostly at low declinations so they could be used from both hemispheres.

I settled on

Fomalhaut;
Altair;
Vega;
Antares;
Spica;
Regulus;
Pollux;
Sirius;
Capella;
Schedar.

All are first magnitude except Schedar which is 2nd magnitude but was the best I could find to fill in the gap in SHAs. The furthest south is Fomalhaut at 29 south so it is visible in most of the northern hemisphere. Only Capella and Schedar are difficult to see from far southern latitudes.

gl

http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/3Star-Fix-Canned-Survival-Problem-LaPook-mar-2012-g18345

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