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Re: Spur of the moment long by chron
From: David C
Date: 2018 Dec 15, 20:10 -0800
From: David C
Date: 2018 Dec 15, 20:10 -0800
I think that I have bitten of more than I can chew. I decided to calculate t using Norie 1970
The first part is to evaluate sin(lat) * sin(dec)
which beomes
log(sin(lat))
log(sin(dec))
Sum
Anti log
From Norie log (sin (41)) = 9.81694 (bar 1.81694)
Regardless of which notation is used the mantissa stays the same.
If I enter log (sin (41)) into my fx-82AU the answer is -0.18306. Not only is the answer negative but the mantissa differs from that in Norie.
What am I doing wrong?
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