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Re: Puzzle
From: Tony S
Date: 2000 Sep 11, 12:40 PM
From: Tony S
Date: 2000 Sep 11, 12:40 PM
Rick:
I think (conclude) that your original thought of time being in error
was correct. Yesterday I ran a curve fit on your Betelgeuse hs data
and came up with reasonable results for UTC time exactly 8 minutes LATER.
Consider:
UTC Tow/Away
--- --------
09:36:29 1.7 A
09:37:34 2.6 T
09:38:34 2.4 T
There appears no doubt that you were observing Betelgeuse because of its
brightness in that portion of the sky. (the question was raised earlier
by someone).
I also examined your other body sights closely and find they are as good
as one could expect from your platform.
Also: with the altered time on Betelgeuse fits well for any Fix using
bodies 2-3 and 1-2-3
How you may have arrived at a time with 8 minutes difference is in your
ballpark! :) I could only make a wild guess because your hack method
is strange to me.
Any further reflections?
Tony in San Francisco
Navex Systems
