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Re: Pub. 249 question
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2017 Nov 25, 04:44 -0800
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2017 Nov 25, 04:44 -0800
For Stan's conditions:
The 1947 preliminary 249 picks 6 not 7. It chose,dubhe,pollux, betegeux, aldebaran, alphertaz, and deneb.
My algorithm pick7 selects 6 of the HO249, but misses one. Looking at a plot of altitudes and azimuths (attached), I can't understand.
249
Dubhe
pollux
BETELGEUSE
RIGEL
Hamal
Alpheratz
deneb
count
in 249, not pick7
x
x
x
RIGEL
x
x
x
In pick7, not HO249
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Menkar
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