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Re: September Equinox computation
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 Sep 26, 08:27 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 Sep 26, 08:27 +1000
Jay Borseth wrote: > > The new, improved Pocket Stars result is: 4:55:26 AM GMT on 23 Sep > 2002, crossing at E 104d16.8'. > Well, a UT of 04:55:24 at a position N/S 00d 00'.0 E104d 16'.8 on 23/09/02 is the only time which yields: LHA Aries 180d 00'.0, Alt 90d 00'.0, SHA 180d 00'.0, and Dec N/S 00d 00'.0 for the sun's centre although calculations for its meridian transit insist it happens a second earlier, presumably due to rounding.
