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Re: Shooting Mercury
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 May 26, 06:17 -0700
From: Gary LaPook <garylapook@pacbell.net>
To: pmh099@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 12:43 AM
Subject: [NavList] Shooting Mercury
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2013 May 26, 06:17 -0700
According to the attached file:
RA: 80.?1056 -> 5h 20.422m (very close to Norm Goldblatt's 5h 20.439m)
GHA: 218? 28.9'
Dec: N 25? 09.5'
SD: 0.0'
HP: 0.1'
Peter Hakel
RA: 80.?1056 -> 5h 20.422m (very close to Norm Goldblatt's 5h 20.439m)
GHA: 218? 28.9'
Dec: N 25? 09.5'
SD: 0.0'
HP: 0.1'
Peter Hakel
From: Gary LaPook <garylapook@pacbell.net>
To: pmh099@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 12:43 AM
Subject: [NavList] Shooting Mercury
I did something tonight that I never did before, I took a shot of Mercury as it in conjunction with Jupiter and Venus just after sunset. Now I have to figure out how to work the sight. I figure that I can get the right ascension, convert it to degrees and minutes and then convert it to SHA by subtraction from 360 degrees and then work the sight like a normal star sight. So, does anybody know the right ascension of Mercury at 03:38:50 Z, May 26, 2013? gl |
: http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=124152
File: 124154.mercury.xls