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Re: Sextant problem
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2025 Jan 20, 17:36 -0800
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2025 Jan 20, 17:36 -0800
Ypou are making a crude mistake when determining the index error from the sun. When the two suns touch, the reading (assuming zero error) is not zero but 2 times the Sun demi-diameter (which is read in the Almanach for the given day).